Category Archives: Youtube

On YouTube: PJ Big Picture Day & problems

Thanks again to everybody for attending our long session yesterday for PJ Big Picture Day. The snacks have been consumed, the room temperature has gone up, down, and up again, and the videos are now online. See below for links. YouTube Video: PJ Big Picture Day YouTube Video: PJ Problem Set: Questions and Explanations Additionally, supporting materials from yesterday […]

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Brilliant YouTube video on Burnham

Many thanks to Section 2 class member Kaneily Alfaro for sharing this with me. P.S., out of an abundance of professorial nerdiness, I’ll note my disagreement with the video’s characterization of the case. The only matter on which the Court was unanimous was on the judgment. The Court disagreed quite vehemently regarding the legal justification for tag […]

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New vid: “Citizen of a State”

Here’s a video discussing the meaning of “Citizen of a State.” This rounds out our videos on diversity jurisdiction. Diversity basics: “Citizen of a State” Video on court interpretations of the phrase “Citizen of a State,” which is relevant to diversity jurisdiction. Topics include: Relevant language from Article III & 1332 Scenarios analyzing U.S. Citizen […]

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