BLARGistania
24-05-2007, 05:54
Jan. 17: The Politics of Constitutional Interpretation
pp. 23-40, 67-130, and 169-200.
Jan. 22: The Bill of Rights and the 14th Amendment, pp. 304-319
319-321, Barron v. Baltimore
266-270, The Slaughterhouse Cases
321-3245 Hurtado v. California
325-329, Palko v. Connecticut
Procedural Due Process
Jan. 24, 29 and 31: Procedural Due Process: Search and Seizure,
pp. 850-88 and 864-874
875-879, Terry v. Ohio
884-886, Illinois v. Wardlow
886-888, Bond v. U.S.
888-892, Minnesota v. Dickerson
894-896, County of Riverside v. McLaughlin
Opt'l: Florida v. J.L. (2000)
897-903, Special problems of automobiles
Opt'l: Delaware v. Prouse (1978)
911-916, California v. Acevedo
916-918, Knowles v. Iowa
918-924, Atwater v. Lago Vista
924-931, Other searches
Opt'l: New Jersey v. T.L.O., 469 U.S. 325 (1985)
938-944, Veronica School Dist. 47J v. Acton
944-949, Ferguson v. Charleston
950-954, Bd. of Ed. of Ind. S.D. No. 92 v. Earls
Feb. 5: Wiretapping, Bugging, and Police Surveillance, 954-962
962-965, Olmstead v. U.S.
965-969, Katz v. U.S.
969-973. California v. Ciraolo
973-977, Minnesota v. Carter
978-983, Kyllo v. U.S.
983-985: The Patriot Act
Feb. 7: The Exclusionary Rule, 985-990
990-998, Mapp v. Ohio
998-1003, Nix v. Williams
1003-1015, U.S. v. Leon
10015-1017, Arizona v. Evans
Feb. 12: Rights of the Accused, pp. 1018-1036
1037-1048, Miranda v. Arizona
1048-1051, In re Gault
1060-1064, Arizona v. Fulminante
Opt'l: Withrow v. Williams (1993)
1064-1069 et seq., Dickerson v. U.S.
Feb. 14: The Right to Counsel, 1091-1096
1096-1099, Powell v. Alabama
1099-1103, Gideon v. Wainwright
Cruel and Unusual Punishment, 1132-1138
1156-1161, Ewing v. California
Feb. 19: Capital Punishment, pp. 1161-1172
1172-1183, Furman v. Georgia
1189-1200, McCleskey v. Kemp
1200-1204, Payne v. Tennessee
1204-1206, Morgan v. Illinois et seq.
1206-1212 et seq., Atkins v. Virginia
Freedom of Expression
Feb 21: Freedom of Speech, pp. 386-405
405-406, Schenck v. U.S.
406-411, Gitlow v. New York
411-423, Dennis v. U.S.
426-430, Judicial Line Drawing
Optional: Hurley v. Irish American Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual
Group of Boston, 115 S.Ct. 2338 (1995); Arkansas Educational
Television v. Forbes (1998); Bd. Of Regents of U. Of Wisc.
System v. Southworth (2000); Boy Scouts of America v. Dale
(2000); and National Endowment for the Arts v. Finley (1988).
Feb 26: Symbolic Speech, pp. 637-641
641-650, West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette
650-653, Tinker v. Des Moines Ind. Community School Dist.
653-659, Texas v. Johnson
Freedom of the Press and Prior Restraint, pp. 578-583
583-586, Near v. Minnesota ex rel. Olson
586-594, New York Times Co. v. U.S.
Optional: Hazelwood School Dist. v. Kuhlmeier, 484 U.S. 260 (1988)
Feb. 28: Mid-Term Examination
Mar. 5: Fighting Words and Offensive Speech, 479-485
485-489, Cohen v. California
489-494, F.C.C. v. Pacifica Foundation
495-499, Bethel School Dist. v. Fraser
499-507, R.A.V. v. City of St. Paul
508-510, Wisconsin v. Mitchell et seq.
510-517, Virginia v. Black
Mar. 10-18: Library Research Period
Mar. 19: Obscenity and Pornography, 430-437
438-442, Roth v. U.S.
442-444, Stanley v. Georgia
444-449, Miller v. California
449-455, Paris Adult Theatre I v. Slaton
455-459, New York v. Ferber
459-465, City of Erie v. Pap's A.M.
465-473, Reno v. A.C.L.U
474-479, Ashcroft v. Free Speech Coalition
Freedom of Religion
Mar. 21 and 26: The Establishment Clause, 688-716
716-723, Everson v. Bd. of Education of Ewing Township
723-727, Engel v. Vitale
728-733, Abington School Dist. v. Schempp
733-740, Lemon v. Kurtzman
740-749, Wallace v. Jaffre
749-756, Lee v. Weisman
756-760, Zobrest v. Catalina Foothills School District
769-780, Rosenberger v. Rector and Visitors. of the Universisty of
Virginia
787-798, Zelman v. Simmons-Harris
Optional: Good News Club v. Milford Central School (2001)
Mar. 28: The Free Exercise Clause, 798-806
806-812, Sherbert v. Verner et seq.
812-816, Wisconsin v. Yoder
816-824, Employment Div., D.H.R. of Oregon v. Smith
824-832, Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye v. Hialeah
832-841, City of Boerne v. Flores
841-849, Locke v. Davey, et seq.
The Right to Privacy
Apr. 2: Reproductive Freedom, 1222-1235
336-347, Griswold v. Connecticut
1237-1258, Roe v. Wade, et seq.
1259-1272, Planned Parenthood of S.E. Pennsylvania v. Casey
Optional: 1272-1284, Sternberg v. Carhart (2000)
Apr. 4: Personal Autonomy: Gay Rights; The Right to Die, 1285-1278
Optional: Bowers v. Hardwick (1986)
1534-1545, Romer v. Evans
1293-1305, Lawrence v. Texas (2003)
Opt'l reprise: 679-687, Boy Scouts of America v. Dale
1305-1313, Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Department of Health
1313-1324, Washington v. Glucksberg
Equal Protection of the Law
TERM PAPERS DUE April 11th at 2:00 p.m.
Apr. 9 and 11: Racial Discrimination, pp. 1325-1352 and 1379-1382
1352-1363, Dred Scott v. Sandford
1363-1372, The Civil Rights Cases
1372-1376, Plessy v. Ferguson
Racial Discrimination in Education, 1382-1395
1395-1406, Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka et seq.
1406-1407, Bolling v. Sharpe
1407-1410, Brown v. Board II
Apr. 16: Power of Courts to Enforce Decisions
1410-1415, Cooper v. Aaron
1416-1420, Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenberg Board of Education
1421-1424, Milliken v. Bradley
1425-1428, Freeman v. Pitts
1428-1434, U.S. v. Fordice, et seq.
1553-1560, San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez
Apr. 18 and 23: Gender Discrimination, 1497-1504
1505-1508, Frontiero v. Richardson
1509-1513, Craig v. Boren
1513-1517, Michael M. v. Superior Court of Sonoma County
676-679, Roberts v. U.S. Jaycees
1517-1529, United States v. Virginia, 116 S.Ct. 2264 (1995)
Optional: Sexual Harassment: Burlington Industries, Inc., v.
Ellerth; Faragher v. City of Boca Raton; and Oncale v.
Sundowner Offshore Services, Inc. (all 1998 cases), Davis
v. Monroe County Bd. Of Education (1999).
Apr. 25 and 30: Affirmative Action, 1435-1442
1442-1455, Regents of the Univ. of California v. Bakke et seq.
1455-1468, City of Richmond v. J.A. Croson
Opt'l: Metro Broadcasting, Inc. v. F.C.C., 497 U.S. 547 (1990)
1471-1483, Adarand Constructors v. Pena
1483-1497 Gratz v. Bollinger and Grutter v. Bollinger
God damn I learned so much in that class and it was a ton of work. But, this should help me in Law School.
Plus, its a great conversation starter at parties when someone is bullshitting about what the cops can and can't do and you just stomp their ass down.
pp. 23-40, 67-130, and 169-200.
Jan. 22: The Bill of Rights and the 14th Amendment, pp. 304-319
319-321, Barron v. Baltimore
266-270, The Slaughterhouse Cases
321-3245 Hurtado v. California
325-329, Palko v. Connecticut
Procedural Due Process
Jan. 24, 29 and 31: Procedural Due Process: Search and Seizure,
pp. 850-88 and 864-874
875-879, Terry v. Ohio
884-886, Illinois v. Wardlow
886-888, Bond v. U.S.
888-892, Minnesota v. Dickerson
894-896, County of Riverside v. McLaughlin
Opt'l: Florida v. J.L. (2000)
897-903, Special problems of automobiles
Opt'l: Delaware v. Prouse (1978)
911-916, California v. Acevedo
916-918, Knowles v. Iowa
918-924, Atwater v. Lago Vista
924-931, Other searches
Opt'l: New Jersey v. T.L.O., 469 U.S. 325 (1985)
938-944, Veronica School Dist. 47J v. Acton
944-949, Ferguson v. Charleston
950-954, Bd. of Ed. of Ind. S.D. No. 92 v. Earls
Feb. 5: Wiretapping, Bugging, and Police Surveillance, 954-962
962-965, Olmstead v. U.S.
965-969, Katz v. U.S.
969-973. California v. Ciraolo
973-977, Minnesota v. Carter
978-983, Kyllo v. U.S.
983-985: The Patriot Act
Feb. 7: The Exclusionary Rule, 985-990
990-998, Mapp v. Ohio
998-1003, Nix v. Williams
1003-1015, U.S. v. Leon
10015-1017, Arizona v. Evans
Feb. 12: Rights of the Accused, pp. 1018-1036
1037-1048, Miranda v. Arizona
1048-1051, In re Gault
1060-1064, Arizona v. Fulminante
Opt'l: Withrow v. Williams (1993)
1064-1069 et seq., Dickerson v. U.S.
Feb. 14: The Right to Counsel, 1091-1096
1096-1099, Powell v. Alabama
1099-1103, Gideon v. Wainwright
Cruel and Unusual Punishment, 1132-1138
1156-1161, Ewing v. California
Feb. 19: Capital Punishment, pp. 1161-1172
1172-1183, Furman v. Georgia
1189-1200, McCleskey v. Kemp
1200-1204, Payne v. Tennessee
1204-1206, Morgan v. Illinois et seq.
1206-1212 et seq., Atkins v. Virginia
Freedom of Expression
Feb 21: Freedom of Speech, pp. 386-405
405-406, Schenck v. U.S.
406-411, Gitlow v. New York
411-423, Dennis v. U.S.
426-430, Judicial Line Drawing
Optional: Hurley v. Irish American Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual
Group of Boston, 115 S.Ct. 2338 (1995); Arkansas Educational
Television v. Forbes (1998); Bd. Of Regents of U. Of Wisc.
System v. Southworth (2000); Boy Scouts of America v. Dale
(2000); and National Endowment for the Arts v. Finley (1988).
Feb 26: Symbolic Speech, pp. 637-641
641-650, West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette
650-653, Tinker v. Des Moines Ind. Community School Dist.
653-659, Texas v. Johnson
Freedom of the Press and Prior Restraint, pp. 578-583
583-586, Near v. Minnesota ex rel. Olson
586-594, New York Times Co. v. U.S.
Optional: Hazelwood School Dist. v. Kuhlmeier, 484 U.S. 260 (1988)
Feb. 28: Mid-Term Examination
Mar. 5: Fighting Words and Offensive Speech, 479-485
485-489, Cohen v. California
489-494, F.C.C. v. Pacifica Foundation
495-499, Bethel School Dist. v. Fraser
499-507, R.A.V. v. City of St. Paul
508-510, Wisconsin v. Mitchell et seq.
510-517, Virginia v. Black
Mar. 10-18: Library Research Period
Mar. 19: Obscenity and Pornography, 430-437
438-442, Roth v. U.S.
442-444, Stanley v. Georgia
444-449, Miller v. California
449-455, Paris Adult Theatre I v. Slaton
455-459, New York v. Ferber
459-465, City of Erie v. Pap's A.M.
465-473, Reno v. A.C.L.U
474-479, Ashcroft v. Free Speech Coalition
Freedom of Religion
Mar. 21 and 26: The Establishment Clause, 688-716
716-723, Everson v. Bd. of Education of Ewing Township
723-727, Engel v. Vitale
728-733, Abington School Dist. v. Schempp
733-740, Lemon v. Kurtzman
740-749, Wallace v. Jaffre
749-756, Lee v. Weisman
756-760, Zobrest v. Catalina Foothills School District
769-780, Rosenberger v. Rector and Visitors. of the Universisty of
Virginia
787-798, Zelman v. Simmons-Harris
Optional: Good News Club v. Milford Central School (2001)
Mar. 28: The Free Exercise Clause, 798-806
806-812, Sherbert v. Verner et seq.
812-816, Wisconsin v. Yoder
816-824, Employment Div., D.H.R. of Oregon v. Smith
824-832, Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye v. Hialeah
832-841, City of Boerne v. Flores
841-849, Locke v. Davey, et seq.
The Right to Privacy
Apr. 2: Reproductive Freedom, 1222-1235
336-347, Griswold v. Connecticut
1237-1258, Roe v. Wade, et seq.
1259-1272, Planned Parenthood of S.E. Pennsylvania v. Casey
Optional: 1272-1284, Sternberg v. Carhart (2000)
Apr. 4: Personal Autonomy: Gay Rights; The Right to Die, 1285-1278
Optional: Bowers v. Hardwick (1986)
1534-1545, Romer v. Evans
1293-1305, Lawrence v. Texas (2003)
Opt'l reprise: 679-687, Boy Scouts of America v. Dale
1305-1313, Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Department of Health
1313-1324, Washington v. Glucksberg
Equal Protection of the Law
TERM PAPERS DUE April 11th at 2:00 p.m.
Apr. 9 and 11: Racial Discrimination, pp. 1325-1352 and 1379-1382
1352-1363, Dred Scott v. Sandford
1363-1372, The Civil Rights Cases
1372-1376, Plessy v. Ferguson
Racial Discrimination in Education, 1382-1395
1395-1406, Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka et seq.
1406-1407, Bolling v. Sharpe
1407-1410, Brown v. Board II
Apr. 16: Power of Courts to Enforce Decisions
1410-1415, Cooper v. Aaron
1416-1420, Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenberg Board of Education
1421-1424, Milliken v. Bradley
1425-1428, Freeman v. Pitts
1428-1434, U.S. v. Fordice, et seq.
1553-1560, San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez
Apr. 18 and 23: Gender Discrimination, 1497-1504
1505-1508, Frontiero v. Richardson
1509-1513, Craig v. Boren
1513-1517, Michael M. v. Superior Court of Sonoma County
676-679, Roberts v. U.S. Jaycees
1517-1529, United States v. Virginia, 116 S.Ct. 2264 (1995)
Optional: Sexual Harassment: Burlington Industries, Inc., v.
Ellerth; Faragher v. City of Boca Raton; and Oncale v.
Sundowner Offshore Services, Inc. (all 1998 cases), Davis
v. Monroe County Bd. Of Education (1999).
Apr. 25 and 30: Affirmative Action, 1435-1442
1442-1455, Regents of the Univ. of California v. Bakke et seq.
1455-1468, City of Richmond v. J.A. Croson
Opt'l: Metro Broadcasting, Inc. v. F.C.C., 497 U.S. 547 (1990)
1471-1483, Adarand Constructors v. Pena
1483-1497 Gratz v. Bollinger and Grutter v. Bollinger
God damn I learned so much in that class and it was a ton of work. But, this should help me in Law School.
Plus, its a great conversation starter at parties when someone is bullshitting about what the cops can and can't do and you just stomp their ass down.