Case 1 - Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission
Questions
1. Was Hillary: The Movie a disguised campaigned or a journalistic documentary? Should the Court have created an exception in the law to permit its broadcast? What could it have done?
2. Should the First Amendment protect corporate political expression? If not, where should the line be drawn for corporations between freedom and restrictions? Should First Amendment protections apply only to individual citizens?
3. If you were on the Supreme Court would you have voted in the majority or joined the dissent? Why?
4. After Citizens United are the rules for corporate participation in elections still too strict, about right, or too relaxed? Why?
5. Should Congress legislate in response to Citizens United? If so, what should it do?
Case 2 - Good and Evil on the Rails
Questions
• What were the causes of the Metrolink accident?
• What could have been done to prevent the acci- dent? Was management deficient? Were regula- tors deficient? Should either have been doing ?anything differently?
• Is the cost of positive train control justified by the likely safety gains for passengers?