Overview
Each key idea addresses a core concept to the understanding of the law and specifically to administrative law. Your discussion of each key idea entry will assesses its importance, strengths and/or weaknesses, practical application, or points of interest or confusion. It can be useful to illustrate key ideas by briefly linking them to current news events, societal conditions, or personal experience. I strongly recommend that in addition to the required readings, students also read the newspaper on a daily basis. No specific newspaper is required; however, the Washington Post, New York Times, Financial Times, and Wall Street Journal are all good sources of information. If you do not find these newspapers readily available to you, the Kansas City Star or your home town’s newspaper are recommended.
Key ideas are about specific concepts from a portion of a reading, though sometimes they are central to an entire reading. Key ideas entries do not summarize entire assigned readings or the posted course notes for the unit.
Each key idea is labeled with the name of the key idea, the author of the source reading, and the page number(s) of the key idea. Parenthetic citations for page numbers must be given for quotations and to show locations of ideas from the readings (showing location is not necessary if the key idea appears on only one page). Excessive quotation and lists should be avoided; concepts should usually be summarized in the student’s words.
Key Ideas
- Define due process. Define equal protection. How do due process and equal protection rights affect administrative law? Define due process. Define Equal protection.
- What is a suspect class? Understand the application of suspect classes. What is a suspect class? What type of scrutiny do laws affecting suspect classes received?
- Describe the relationship between freedom of speech, open records and Freedom of Information and constitutional rights.
