
Todd Lochner
Dr. Robert B. Pamplin Jr. Associate Professor of Government
Tuesday 9:30 am - 12:30 pm or by appointment
Todd Lochner teaches undergraduate courses in Constitutional Law, Civil Liberties, Introduction to American Politics, and Law, Lawyers and Society. He also teaches a joint undergraduate-law school course on Election Law at Northwestern School of Law, where he is a Research Fellow. His articles appear in Law & Policy, Regulation & Governance, Election Law Journal, and Justice System Journal, among others. He enjoys spending time with his wife Suzanna watching Game of Thrones, Master of None, and The Crown.
Teaching
Spring 2022
POLS 305 : American Constitutional Law: Civil Liberties
MW 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Focus on the First Amendment, particularly free speech (including areas of national security, incitement to lawless action, individual and group defamation, indecency, and obscenity), as well as criminal defendants’ rights (including Fourth Amendment search and seizure law, Fifth Amendment rights against self incrimination, and Eighth Amendment prohibitions against cruel and unusual punishment in the context of the death penalty). Discussions of actual Supreme Court rulings, majority opinions, and dissenting arguments, as well as the political and historical context of those decisions in an effort to understand how and why the Supreme Court has played such an influential role in American politics and political thought.
Prerequisites: POLS 103
Requirements: Sophomore standing required
Location: J.R. Howard Hall
Political Science is located in John R. Howard Hall on the Undergraduate Campus.
MSC: 12
email polisci@lclark.edu
voice 503-768-7640
fax 503-768-7637
Chair Ellen Seljan
Political Science
Lewis & Clark
615 S. Palatine Hill Road MSC 12
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