Tuesday, November 17, 2020

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING PART 1 (0:0 - 12:32): ────────────────── Religious Freedom as America’s “Disfavored Right”? Justice Samuel Alito Delivers Remarkable Speech on the State of American Liberties THE FEDERALIST SOCIETY Address by Justice Samuel Alito [Video] PART 2 (12:33 - 14:40): ────────────────── The Mainstream Media’s Response to Justice Alito’s Speech Is Not Shocking, But Quite Revealing WALL STREET JOURNAL (THE EDITORIAL BOARD) Alito Defends the Courts LOS ANGELES TIMES (MICHAEL MCGOUGH) Alito’s Federalist Society speech was bad for the Supreme Court VICE (CARTER SHERMAN) A Supreme Court Justice Went on a Rant About COVID, Abortion, and LGTBQ Rights USA TODAY (WILLIAM CUMMINGS) Critics decry Supreme Court Justice Alito's 'nakedly partisan' speech on COVID-19 measures, gay marriage PART 3 (14:41 - 25:4): ────────────────── Why the Electoral College? Understanding the Architecture of the U.S. Constitution as Calls to Abolish the Electoral College Return Yet Again NEW YORK TIMES (JAMELLE BOUIE) 2020 Shows Why the Electoral College Is Stupid and Immoral WASHINGTON POST (THE EDITORIAL BOARD) Abolish the electoral college