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The California Supreme Court today issued this opinion, Marriage cases.pdf, striking down a California law that limited marriage to opposite sex couples. The court held that the law violated California's constitution. One of the really interesting things about this case was that California had established a civil union system for same sex couples, giving them nearly the same privileges and obligations as couples who were married.

crpod8.mp3

Thanks for being such a fun class!

Here are the podcasts for causation, crpod6.mp3, and individual immunities, crpod7.mp3. I'll get a short podcast done on procedural defenses early tomorrow.

Good luck!

Here are podcast summaries for chapters 4 and 5: crpod4.mp3, crpod5.mp3

We finished chapter 6 the Tuesday before break. I'll have that one up early next week. And I'll put up a summary of chapter 7 probably later in the week (we'll finish it Tuesday). The rest of the semester will be qualified immunity, procedural defenses, and exhaustion.

Just in time, the podcast on our third chapter, substantive law issues, is ready. crpod3.mp3.

Enjoy!

All right. I now have completed podcast summaries for two of the three chapters we will have covered by the end of class on Tuesday: the Introduction, clpod1.mp3; and "under color of state law," clpod2.mp3. The scripts for them are posted on our TWEN page under "class materials."

If you haven't had me for a class before, let me give you a little detail on how these summaries fit into class. Essentially, I try to provide the big picture through them. They really are just a summary of the most important parts of the material we've covered. And so they highlight the main issues, list any tests or factors the courts use, and give some background to give the material context or to tie it to the rest of the class or other subjects that you have studied. These do not represent what I expect you to write on a practice problem or exam answer. On those, you'll have to tell me what the rule is that you need to answer the question, but most of your writing will focus on applying that rule to the facts as thoroughly as possible.

Let me know if you have any questions or want me to follow up on anything in more detail.

I know it's early to be thinking about next semester, but I've had a couple of people ask already about books and things. The book for Federal Courts is the 5th edition of Chemerinsky's Federal Jurisdiction treatise. I'll be supplementing it through the semester with cases that I've edited. Sorry that you won't be able to get it used (it's a new edition), but it's a relatively more reasonable book than your usual textbook. For Civil Rights, we'll be using the text, Constitutional Torts, for which Sheldon Nahmod is the lead author. It's the 2d edition, published in 2004, and LexisNexis is the publisher.

Don't forget to register for the TWEN page, and I'll see you next semester. Have a great break!