Professors at Colorado's law schools rethink curriculum amid "revolutionary" Supreme Court decisions

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https://www.denverpost.com/2024/07/19/colorado-law-schools-curriculum-supreme-court-precedent/?share=umehhtwtnuoncnsott0t
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"Doug Spencer’s constitutional law courses will begin differently this fall than in years past.

The professor at the University of Colorado Law School in Boulder plans to beef up lectures on current events, likely starting with the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent ruling on presidential immunity and a discussion of the legalities of presidential impeachment, all in hopes of providing a more foundational understanding of the current political climate.

“We’re in a constitutionally revolutionary moment where things are changing drastically,” he said.

Spencer has instructed students on the intricacies of long-established law and the thorough reasoning that guides Supreme Court decisions only to see a string of major, precedent-setting rulings overturned in the last few years, he said.

The Supreme Court’s conservative majority has recently struck down or altered foundational laws that have guided the nation for decades, including eliminating the federal right to an abortion with the overturning of Roe v. Wade in 2022, weakening federal agencies’ power to interpret the law by overruling the Chevron decision last month, and by granting presidents broad immunity from criminal prosecution earlier this month."