Bates College: CMS 285

Democracy and Crisis: Athens and America

 

Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4
Week 5 Week 6 Week 8 Week 9
Week 10 Week 11 Week 12 Week 13

 

 

  In Class Homework for Next Week
Week 1: Jan 7, 2003
  • Introductions - everyone
  • Review Syllabus Ð MAI
  • The courts Ð PB
  • How to read a case Ð MAI
  • The First Amendment Ð PB
  • General discussion of issues - everyone

Read PlatoÕs Apology

Study guide questions for the Apology

Read I.F. Stone, The Trial and Death of Socrates

Study guide questions, Chapters 1-9 (scroll down until you see the heading "Questions for Stone")

Study guide questions, Chapters 10-13

Article Reports:

  1. T. H. Irwin, "Socrates and Athenian Democracy," 18.2 Philosophy and Public Affairs (1989) 184-205.AND Eva Brann, The Offense of Socrates: A re-Reading of Plato's Apology, 7 Interpretation (1974) 1-21.
  2. Gregory Vlastos, "The Historical Socrates and Athenian Democracy," 11 Political Theory 11 (1983) 495-516. AND Ellen Meiskins Wood and Neal Wood, "Socrates and Democracy: A Reply to Gregory Vlastos," 14 Political Theory (1986) 55-83.
  3. Seeskin, Kenneth. "Is the Apology of Socrates a Parody?" 6 Philosophy and Literature (1982) 94-105.

Background Reading you may find helpful:

Encyclopaedia Britannica on Socrates Douglas Linder's Trial of Socrates page

Week 2 Jan 14, 2003 Socrates, What is a trial, Why have trials, Article reports

Ex parte Millegan, 71 US 2 (1866) (begin your reading on p. 107)

Ex parte Quirin, 317 US 1 (1942)

In re Yamashita, 327 US 1

Military Order of November 13, 2001

Department of Defense, Military Commission Order No. 1

Department of Defense, Fact Sheet on Military Commission Order No. 1. [pdf]

Secretary RumsfeldÕs news briefing on Military Commission Order No. 1.

Article Reports

Michal R. Belknap, "A Putrid Pedigree: The Bush Administration's Military Tribunals in Historical Perspective, " 38 Cal. W. L. Rev. 433 (2002)

Ruth Wedgwood, "Agora: Military Commissions: Al Qaeda, Terrorism, and Military Commissions," 96 A.J.I.L. 328 (2002)

Neal K. Katyal and Laurence H. Tribe, "Waging War, Deciding Guilt: Trying the Military Tribunals," 111 Yale L.J. 1259 (2002)

Laura A. Dickinson, "USING LEGAL PROCESS TO FIGHT TERRORISM: DETENTIONS, MILITARY COMMISSIONS, INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNALS, AND THE RULE OF LAW ," 75 S. Cal. L. Rev. 1407 (2002)
Week 3 Jan 21, 2003 Military Tribunals Old and New,

Padilla v. Bush, (12/4/02) 02 Ð Civ. 4445 (S.D.N.Y.)

Hamdi v. Rumsfeld, No. 02-7338 (4th Circuit, 1/8/03)

North Jersey Media Group, Inc. v. Ashcroft

Detroit Free Press v. Ashcroft, 303 F.3d 681 (2002)

Sameer M. Ashar, "Immigration Enforcement and Subordination: The Consequences of Racial Profiling after September 11," 34 Connecticut Law Review 1185-99 (2002).
Week 4 Jan 28, 2003

Paper 1(assignment) is due

Access to Lawyers and Access to Courts

North Jersey Media Group, Inc. v. Ashcroft

Detroit Free Press v. Ashcroft, 303 F.3d 681 (2002)

 

David Cole, "Enemy Aliens," 54 Stan. L. Rev. 953 (2002)

article report

Korematsu v. United States, 323 US 214 (1944)

Juan R. Torruella, "On The Slippery Slopes Of Afghanistan: Military Commissions And The Exercise Of Presidential Power," 4 U. Pa. J. Const. L. 648

 
Week 5 Feb 4, 2003 more on access

 

Week 6 Feb 11, 2003

FISA

Background on FISA court

Traditional wiretap cases:

Katz v. United States, 389 U.S. 347 (1967)

United States V. United States District Court For The Eastern District Of Michigan Et Al. 407 U.S. 297 (1972)

FISA Cases

Article Reports

  • Gerald H. Robinson, We're Listening! Electronic Eavesdropping, FISA, and the Secret Court, 36 Willamette L. Rev. 51 (2000)
    • Lexis search terms "Robinson" & "FISA" will return this as #11 in the document list.
  • NOTE: Physical Searches Under Fisa: A Constitutional Analysis, Daniel J. Malooly, 35 Am. Crim. L. Rev. 411 (1998)
    • Lexis search terms "American Criminal Law Review" and "FISA wiretap" will return this as #2 in the document list.

Text of Sami Amin Al-Arian Indictment [pdf]
Week 7 February Break February Break

The FISA Statute - 50 U.S.C. 1801 - 1828

FISA Briefs

Week 8 Feb 25, 2003

Panel Discussion

Paper 2 (Assignment) is due on Friday of this week (2/28), by noon. You may email your papers to Peter. You must deliver hard copies to Margaret's office.

Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436 (1966)

Edwards v. Arizona, 451 U.S. 477 (1981)

Parry, Judicial Restraints on Illegal State Violence: Israel and the United States, 35 Vand. J. Transnat'l L. 73 (2002)

Grosso, International Law in the Domestic Arena: The Case of Torture in Israel, 86 Iowa L. Rev. 305 (200)

Parry and White "Interrogating a Suspected Terrorist," Nov. 2002

Dershowitz, "Is there a torturous road to justice?" November 2001.

tba

 
Week 9 March 4, 2003 Interrogation and torture

USA Patriot Act - group assignments will be posted

pdf file with text of act [HR 3162]
Week 10 March 11, 2003

USA Patriot Act presentations

 

Readings on Athenian citizen identity (on reserve)

  • Wallace, Law, Freedom, and the Concept of CitizensÕ Rights in Democratic Athens.
  • Ostwald, "Shares and Rights: "Citizenship" Greek Style and American Style"
  • Hansen, "The Ancient Athenian and Modern Liberal view of Liberty as a Democratic Ideal.

U.S. v. Lindh - indictment

U.S. v. Padilla

U.S. v. Hamdi

 
Week 11 March 18, 2003

Paper 3 is due

The constitutional consequences of citizen identity

 

Gross and Livingston, "Essay: Racial Profiling Under Attack," 102 Colum. L. Rev. 1413 (2002)

Ting, "Unobjectionable But Insufficient-Federal Initiatives in Response to the September 11th Terrorist Attacks," 34 Connecticut Law Review 1145-62 (2002).

Week 12 March 25, 2003 What is effective profiling? What is constitutional profiling? Prepare for your panel assignments
Week 13 April 2, 2003

Paper 4 is due

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