Class/Pp. |
Goals for class discussion |
| 1.
Begin reading 1-38; city ordinance drafting
problem (handout) for class discussion |
general housekeeping;
discuss drafting problem |
| 2.
1-38; legislative process chart handout; crossword
(interactive HTML) (printable
Word) |
work
on the crossword before class; bring it with you to class - we will discuss it in the context of
the story of the Civil Rights Act |
| 3.
38-47 |
finish overview of CRA; Griggs |
| 4.
47-54, 65-73 (background); 81-103 |
intro to statutory
interpretation (different theories, their application, their
problems): Weber |
| 5.
" |
same |
| 6.
103-14; 600-18 |
should Weber be
overruled (Johnson)? Intro to presumption
against overruling (Flood ); Problem 6-8 |
| 7.
" |
same |
8.
54-65
|
intro to public choice theory; application to stare decisis
cases, especially Scalia's dissent in Johnson |
| 9.
73-81, 114-118 |
intro to institutionalist theory; application to cases
already covered, 1989 Title VII cases, and 1991 override
|
| 10.
618-42 |
judicial
prospectivity and legislative retroactivity
|
| 11.
642-67 |
Landgraf;
Lindh
|
12.
669-89
|
Holy Trinity and eclecticism in statutory
interpretation; plain meaning; intentionalist alternatives |
13.
690-707
|
legal process theory and applications: legislative mistakes;
Problem 7-4 |
| 14. 707-27 |
dynamic interpretation |
| 15.
730-55 |
revival of the plain-meaning rule (TVA/Griffin) and the
new textualism (Bock Laundry) |
| 16.
755-72 |
Problem
7-5; Chisom/Casey |
| 17.
772-89 |
the new textualism (Marshall,
Problem 7-6, Perez) |
| 18.
789-805 |
where is the Court now? |
| 19.
817-30 |
textual
canons; Problem 8-1; handout problems |
| 20.
830-48 |
"whole
act" rule |
| 21.
848-73 |
rule of lenity: Margiotta, McNally, and
Davis |
| 22.
873-89 |
quasi-constitutional
law and the canons (Catholic Bishop) |
| 23.
889-909 |
the
"new federalism"; Gregory |
| 24.
909-20;
Texas Government Code handout |
the
Llewellyn thesis; Problem 8-2 |
| 25.
920-37 |
common
law as a source of statutory meaning; Smith v. Wade; Problems
8-3 through 8-6 |
| 26.
937-47 |
finish previous discussion; Leo Sheep |
| 27.
947-63 |
legislative history: committee
reports |
| 28. 963-79 |
legislative history: committee
reports; American and English
practice |
| 29.
979-96 |
legislative history:
legislative history: hearings and floor debates,
presidential statements |
| 30.
997-1012 |
legislative history: sponsors' and drafters' statements |
| 31.
1013-39, 789-800 (review/skim) |
subsequent
legislative history and legislative inaction; Problems 8-7 and 8-8 |
| 32.
" |
same |
| 33. 1039-61 |
other statutes
as a source of statutory meaning: borrowed statutes, statutes in pari
materia; rule against implied repeals; compare Mancari with Montana
Wilderness II (p. 1013) |
| 34.
" |
same |
| 35.
1099-1123, 1189-95 |
introduction
to law implementation in the modern regulatory state; the role of
agencies; implied causes of action; preemption; Problem 9-1 |
| 36.
" |
same |
| 37. 1061-81 |
the Chevron doctrine and deference to agency
interpretations; consider the impact of the new textualism |
| 38.
" |
finish
previous discussion; Problem 8-9 |
| 39.
1174-89 |
critiques of Chevron; State Farm;
institutionalist game theory |
| 40.
1081-95 |
agency
deference at the state level (plus a review of the canons): The Palm
Beach Voting Case |
