Welcome to the Unit Four Seminar

PA401

Dissenting Opinions & ProofreadingDissenting Opinions & Proofreading

Unit 4 HousekeepingUnit 4 Housekeeping

• Locate Roe v. Wade

• Using any legal search site you wish, such as LexisNexis, locate the Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973).

• Read the majority and dissenting opinions. This will be our main discussion board topic.

• Locate Roe v. Wade

• Using any legal search site you wish, such as LexisNexis, locate the Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973).

• Read the majority and dissenting opinions. This will be our main discussion board topic.

Unit 4 Housekeeping Unit 4 Housekeeping • Once you click the "Begin Midterm Exam” you will have 2

hours to complete it but you won’t need that much time!

• Reminders: You will only be able to enter your online Midterm Exam once. Click the "Save Answers" button often

• If your connection drops during the exam, logon again and try to access the Exam. If you are unable to enter it, email your instructor ASAP.

• You will always be able to see the time remaining in the Midterm Exam at the top right of the page

• Once you click the "Begin Midterm Exam” you will have 2 hours to complete it but you won’t need that much time!

• Reminders: You will only be able to enter your online Midterm Exam once. Click the "Save Answers" button often

• If your connection drops during the exam, logon again and try to access the Exam. If you are unable to enter it, email your instructor ASAP.

• You will always be able to see the time remaining in the Midterm Exam at the top right of the page

Housekeeping - ResearchHousekeeping - Research

• Unit 4 does not contain a writing assignment. Use the “extra” time to READ and take notes/ create outlines for your Jane Doe assignment!

• Organize your research results and conclusions – maybe even “brief” what you have found for your own files. (What organizational method could you use?)

• Unit 4 does not contain a writing assignment. Use the “extra” time to READ and take notes/ create outlines for your Jane Doe assignment!

• Organize your research results and conclusions – maybe even “brief” what you have found for your own files. (What organizational method could you use?)

Dissenting OpinionDissenting Opinion

“Dissenting opinions are those written by members of the minority who disagree with

the results reached” (Bouchoux, 2009, p. 121).Why is it important to read the dissent in a court

opinion?

“Dissenting opinions are those written by members of the minority who disagree with

the results reached” (Bouchoux, 2009, p. 121).Why is it important to read the dissent in a court

opinion?

Dissents can be passionate and scrappy!

Image: Piyaphon / FreeDigitalPhotos.net

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/supremecourt/personality/landmark_plessy.html

Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 U.S. 527 (1896) contains a famous (sole) dissent by Justice John Marshall Harlan.

Plessy basically OK’d “separate but equal” facilities, which led to racial segregation that had to be undone later by Brown v. Board of Education.

Famous dissents…Famous dissents…The Court's ruling in Plessy effectively established the rule that "separate" facilities for blacks and whites were constitutional as long as they were "equal" -- a principle that Southern states quickly extended to many other forms of public accommodation, such as public schools, restaurants, theaters, restrooms, and even drinking fountains. Widely regarded today as one of the Court's worst and most damaging opinions, Plessy stood as legal precedent until the 1954 landmark case Brown v. Board of Education, which began the process of ending more than 50 years of legally sanctioned segregation. Toni Konkoly, The Supreme Court: Law, Power and Personality. Educational Broadcasting Corp. (2007), http://www.pbs.org/wnet/supremecourt/personality/print/landmark_plessy.html

Justice Harlan’s dissent in Plessy argued that the Constituion should be “colorblind,” and that dissent played an important role in in the changes culminating in the Brown decision.

The Court's ruling in Plessy effectively established the rule that "separate" facilities for blacks and whites were constitutional as long as they were "equal" -- a principle that Southern states quickly extended to many other forms of public accommodation, such as public schools, restaurants, theaters, restrooms, and even drinking fountains. Widely regarded today as one of the Court's worst and most damaging opinions, Plessy stood as legal precedent until the 1954 landmark case Brown v. Board of Education, which began the process of ending more than 50 years of legally sanctioned segregation. Toni Konkoly, The Supreme Court: Law, Power and Personality. Educational Broadcasting Corp. (2007), http://www.pbs.org/wnet/supremecourt/personality/print/landmark_plessy.html

Justice Harlan’s dissent in Plessy argued that the Constituion should be “colorblind,” and that dissent played an important role in in the changes culminating in the Brown decision.

562 F. 3d 1002, reversed. KENNEDY, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which ROBERTS, C. J., and SCALIA, THOMAS, and ALITO, JJ., joined. SCALIA, J., filed a concurring opinion, in which THOMAS, J., joined. KAGAN, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which GINSBURG, BREYER, and SOTOMAYOR, JJ., joined.

ProofreadingProofreading

Failure to proofread properly can result in a project that is legally correct but is so

unprofessional that no one will be informed or persuaded by it.

Bouchoux, D. E. (2009). Legal research and writing for paralegals. New York, NY: Aspen Publishers. Image: Robert Cochrane / FreeDigitalPhotos.net

Failure to proofread properly can result in a project that is legally correct but is so

unprofessional that no one will be informed or persuaded by it.

Bouchoux, D. E. (2009). Legal research and writing for paralegals. New York, NY: Aspen Publishers. Image: Robert Cochrane / FreeDigitalPhotos.net

Proofreading TipsProofreading Tips

Go line by line using a rulerRead the paper backwards for typos and spelling errorsRead aloud, READ ALOUD, READ ALOUD!!!Spend more proof reading time at the end of your

paperTake frequent breaks – return a day later…

Bouchoux, D. E. (2009). Legal research and writing for paralegals. New York, NY: Aspen Publishers.

Go line by line using a rulerRead the paper backwards for typos and spelling errorsRead aloud, READ ALOUD, READ ALOUD!!!Spend more proof reading time at the end of your

paperTake frequent breaks – return a day later…

Bouchoux, D. E. (2009). Legal research and writing for paralegals. New York, NY: Aspen Publishers.

Cut the clutter – use fewer wordsIn the cellar there are four wooden-type crates with nothing in them that might perhaps be used by us for storing paint cans inside of.

OR…

We could store the paint cans in the four wooden crates in the cellar.

Richard Nordquist, Practice in Cutting the Clutter: Editing to Eliminate Deadwood. About.com guide

Cut the clutter – use fewer wordsIn the cellar there are four wooden-type crates with nothing in them that might perhaps be used by us for storing paint cans inside of.

OR…

We could store the paint cans in the four wooden crates in the cellar.

Richard Nordquist, Practice in Cutting the Clutter: Editing to Eliminate Deadwood. About.com guide

Proofreading – cut the clutter

The reason that Merdine was not able to be in attendance at the hockey game was because she had jury duty.OR…Because she had jury duty, Merdine was not at the hockey game.

Richard Nordquist, Practice in Cutting the Clutter: Editing to Eliminate Deadwood. About.com guide

The reason that Merdine was not able to be in attendance at the hockey game was because she had jury duty.OR…Because she had jury duty, Merdine was not at the hockey game.

Richard Nordquist, Practice in Cutting the Clutter: Editing to Eliminate Deadwood. About.com guide

Proofreading – cut the clutterIn view of the fact that it was raining down, orders were given that the game be canceled. Or:The game was canceled because of rain.

Some sort of identification that would show how old we were was requested of us by the man that collects tickets from people at the movie theater.Or:The ticket collector at the movie theater asked us for identification.

In view of the fact that it was raining down, orders were given that the game be canceled. Or:The game was canceled because of rain.

Some sort of identification that would show how old we were was requested of us by the man that collects tickets from people at the movie theater.Or:The ticket collector at the movie theater asked us for identification.

Proofreading – avoid needless repetitionProofreading – avoid needless repetition

Mark Twain had little patience for proofreading errors. "In the first place God made idiots," he once wrote. "This was for practice. Then he made proof-readers.” As he said in a letter to Walter Bessant in February 1898:

You think you are reading proof, whereas you are merely reading your own mind; your statement of the thing is full of holes & vacancies but you don't know it, because you are filling them from your mind as you go along. Sometimes--but not often enough--the printer's proof-reader saves you--& offends you--with this cold sign in the margin: (?) & you search the passage & find that the insulter is right--it doesn't say what you thought it did: the gas-fixtures are there, but you didn't light the jets.

How to Proofread Effectively. By Richard Nordquist, About.com Guide

Mark Twain had little patience for proofreading errors. "In the first place God made idiots," he once wrote. "This was for practice. Then he made proof-readers.” As he said in a letter to Walter Bessant in February 1898:

You think you are reading proof, whereas you are merely reading your own mind; your statement of the thing is full of holes & vacancies but you don't know it, because you are filling them from your mind as you go along. Sometimes--but not often enough--the printer's proof-reader saves you--& offends you--with this cold sign in the margin: (?) & you search the passage & find that the insulter is right--it doesn't say what you thought it did: the gas-fixtures are there, but you didn't light the jets.

How to Proofread Effectively. By Richard Nordquist, About.com Guide

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Midterm ReviewMidterm Review

The Midterm Exam is composed of about 25 true/false and multiple-choice questions.

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The Midterm Exam is composed of about 25 true/false and multiple-choice questions.

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The Midterm ExamThe Midterm Exam

The midterm exam is comprehensive, and may cover:

• E-textbook readings•Materials covered in seminars•Content from our classroom

The midterm exam is comprehensive, and may cover:

• E-textbook readings•Materials covered in seminars•Content from our classroom

QuestionsQuestions

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