Alex F. Krupp

This is a mock legal brief written for a course on politics in law and courts in 2015. It uses the events of the 1972 Buffalo Creek flood as grounds for a legal case in which I provide legal counsel to the plaintiffs against the Pittston Mining Company. The instructor was political science professor Michael Zilis.

This brief covers Gonalez v. Raich, a case which highlights the Supreme Court's 21st century Commerce Clause jurisprudence through marijuana legislation enforcement. I wrote it for Dr. Michael Zilis as part of his course on Constitutional law.

A case brief I wrote in 2016 for Dr. Michael Zilis's course on Constitutional law. The subject matter is the case of Clinton v. New York. It concerns limitations on executive power, specifically in regards to the line-item veto.

I wrote this brief in 2017 for Dr. Lauren Cagle's course on writing in social sciences. It summarizes Bush v. Gore, the landmark case that decided the 2000 presidential election.

This case brief covers Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co. v. Sawyer. It concerns the Supreme Court's limits on executive power, particularly concerning President Truman's lack of authority to seize steel mills during the Korean War. It was written for Dr. Michael Zilis's course on Constitutional law in 2016.

This brief summarizesPowell v. McCormack, a 1969 case concerning the extent to which the Qualifications Clause of the Constitution protects a duly elected congressman. I wrote it in 2016 for Dr. Michael Zilis's Constitutional law course.