Getting Started Lesson

• Getting Started Lesson content
• Instructor Welcome Message

• Perform the activities in the Getting Started Lesson
  • Submit the Student Questionnaire Form
  • Submit the Academic Integrity Statement
  • Introduce yourself by uploading a short, 1-minute introduction video to VoiceThread

Lesson 1: Origins and Context of U.S. Homeland Security Law

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• Lesson 01 Discussion Forum
• Lesson 01 Dropbox Assignment

Lesson 2: The Constitution as the Supreme Law of the Land

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• Lesson 02 Discussion Forum
• Lesson 02 Dropbox Assignment

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• Lesson 03 Discussion Forum
• Lesson 03 Dropbox Assignment

Lesson 4: The Constitutional Dynamic of Legislative Enactments, Executive Actions, and Judicial Review

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• Lesson 04 Discussion Forum
• Lesson 04 Dropbox Assignment

Lesson 5: A Legal Framework for Analyzing Homeland Security Issues

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• Using a legal framework, assess the treatment of safe air by relevant authorities.  After completing your analysis, evaluate whether the challenges associated with safe air have been treated at the proper level, and what more should be done such as additional statutes or executive actions. Briefing assignments consist of two parts and are due at the end of next week: 

  • Written Briefing Paper
    • Your written briefing paper should be two pages in length.
    • Post your 2 page paper to the Briefing Paper #1 Dropbox.
  • Oral Argument presented via VoiceThread
    • In 3 minutes, present your analysis and conclusions via a recorded video

Research Week/Framework Video Week

Lesson 6: The Relationship Between the Federal Government and the States

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• Lesson 06 Discussion Forum
• Lesson 06 Dropbox Assignment

Lesson 7: Legal Aspects of the Organization of Homeland Security

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• Lesson 07 Discussion Forum
• Lesson 07 Dropbox Assignment

Lesson 8: Providing Security while Preserving Freedom

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• Lesson 08 Discussion Forum
• Lesson 08 Dropbox Assignment

Lesson 9: Secure Borders and Controlled Immigration

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• Lesson 09 Discussion Forum
• Lesson 09 Dropbox Assignment

Lesson 10: Cyber Security Law

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• Lesson 10 Discussion Forum
• Lesson 10 Dropbox Assignment

Lesson 11: Legal Dimensions of Preparedness and Resilience

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• Lesson 11 Discussion Forum
• Lesson 11 Dropbox Assignment

SEMESTER BREAK

Lesson 12: Trends in Homeland Security Law
Final Written & Oral Briefing

• As assigned on the Lesson Road Map page

Select from the following Supreme Court cases that illustrates the complex treatment of homeland security issues in one or more of the following ways:

1. All three branches have addressed it;
2. Congress has legislated a change in the law that has modified executive branch policies and/or a court decision;
3. The President has aggressively interpreted his Article II powers by implementing policies;
4. The Supreme Court has found the actions of the President or Congress unconstitutional, or it has determined that each branch has handled the issue consistent with the Constitution.

Cases: 

• U.S. v Arizona
• Hamdan v. Rumsfeld

1. Written Briefing Paper #2
   • Your final written briefing paper should be three to four pages in length.
   • Post your paper to the Briefing Paper #2 Dropbox.
2. Oral Argument presented via VoiceThread
   • In 5 minutes, present your analysis and conclusions via a recorded video uploaded to YouSeeU