FARMINGTON — Jim Melcher, University of Maine at Farmington professor of political science and prelaw adviser, will present UMF’s ninth annual Supreme Court preview and review at 11:45 a.m., Wednesday, Oct. 21, in the Lincoln Auditorium in UMF’s Roberts Learning Center.
This annual event features a docket of U.S. Supreme Court cases that discuss last term’s highlights and this term’s coming attractions in a belated observance of Constitution Day.
Melcher will discuss five cases from both the upcoming term and the previous term. Cases include from the upcoming term:
* Fisher v. University of Texas: Affirmative action and colleges
* Friedrichs v. California Teachers’ Association: Union membership and dues
* RJR Nabisco v. European Community: Can the European Union use the RICO Act to file suits in American courts?
* Evenwel v. Abbott: Must a state only count legal residents in apportioning legislative districts?
* Curtis v. Jackson Women’s Health: Regulation of clinics performing abortions.
Previous term:
* Obergefell v. Hodges: Same-sex marriage
* King v. Burwell: The Affordable Care Act and subsidies for low income people to buy health insurance
* Walker v. Texas Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans: Does the state of Texas have a First Amendment right not to provide Confederate commemorative license plates?
* Ohio v. Clark: Child abuse cases and the confrontation clause
There will be additional discussion of cases mentioned in last year’s Preview and Review, including Young v. UPS, Elonis v. US and Holt v. Hobbs
Previously known as Citizenship Day, Constitution Day was created by Congress in 2004. The holiday was revised to recognize not only those who have become U.S. citizens, but also the ratification of the U.S. Constitution on Sept. 17, 1787. In addition to renaming the holiday “Constitution Day and Citizenship Day,” the act mandates that all publicly funded educational institutions provide educational programming on the history of the American Constitution on that day.
UMF’s Constitution Day event this year is sponsored by the UMF Provost’s Office, UMF Pre-Law Program and UMF Department of Political Science.
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