Partial
Syllabus
(Last Revised on 2008-04-23)
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Date
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Reading
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Topic
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01/14
Week One
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Web Reading: The
United States Constitution (Skim and read Preamble, Article I
Sections 1-3, Article II, Section 1, Article III, Section 1, Article V)
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Introduction to
the Course
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01/15
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Ch. 1, Assignment 1, pp. 1-16
Ch.
1, Assignment 2, pp. 16-25
Web Reading: Articles of
Confederation (Skim & read Art. 2, Art. 9,
and Art.
13)
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Background
Assumptions; Alleged Failures of the Articles of Confederation
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01/16
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Ch. 1, Assignment 3, pp. 25-44
Web Reading: The
Bill of Rights
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The Origins of
the Bill of Rights
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01/21
Week Two
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MLK Holiday
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No Reading
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01/22
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Ch. 1, Assignment 4, pp. 44-59
Web Reading: The
United States Constitution, Article I, Section 8.
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The Bank of the
United States
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01/23
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Ch 1, Assignment 5, pp. 59-74
Web Reading: The
United States Constitution, Article II, Sections 1 & 3.
Ch 1, Assignment 6, pp. 75-77
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The Concept of
Sovereignty, Fundamental Principles & Expressed Constraints
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01/28
Week Three
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Ch 1, Assignment 7, pp. 77-93
Ch 2, Assignment 1, 95-103
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The Alien &
Sedition Acts & The Marshall Court, The Judicial Power, Marbury v.
Madison
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01/29
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Ch 2, Assignment 2, 103-118
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Fletcher v.
Peck, Martin v. Hunter’s Lesseee
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01/30
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Ch. 2, Assignments 3 & 4 part I, 118-153
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McCulloch v.
Maryland, Gibbons v. Ogden
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02/04
Week Four
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Ch 2, Assignments 4 part II & 5, Ch3, Assignment
1, Part 1, 153-170
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Wilson v. Black
Bird Creek Marsh Co., Barron v. City of Baltimore, Mayor of the City of
New York v. Miln
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02/05
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Ch 3, Assignments 1 Part II & 2, 170-191
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Cooley v. Board
of Wardens, Prigg v. Pennsylvania
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02/06
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Ch. 3, Assignment 3, 191-227
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Dred Scott v.
Sanford
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02/11
Week Five
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Ch. 4, Assignment 1 & 2, pp. 229-261
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Ex parte Merryman, The Prize Cases, Ex Parte Milligan
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02/12
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Class cancelled.
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No reading
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02/13
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Class cancelled.
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No reading
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02/18
Week Six
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No Class
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No Assigned
Reading
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02/19
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Ch. 5, Assignment 1, -263-299
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The
Slaughterhouse Cases, Bradwell v. State of
Illinois
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02/20
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Ch. 5, Assignment 2, 299-329
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United States v.
Cruikshank, Strauder v. West Virginia, Presser
v. Illinois, The Civil Rights Cases
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02/22
Make-up,
3:00 4:15 p.m., Room B
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Ch. 5, Assignments 3 & 4 Part I, 329-365
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Yick Wo v.
Hopkins, Plessy v. Ferguson, United States v.
Dewitt, Hepburn v. Griswold, Knox v. Lee, Julliard v. Greenman
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02/25
Week Seven
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Ch. 6, Assignments 1 & 2, 367-402
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United States v.
E.C. Knight, Champion v. Ames, Hammer v. Dagenhart,
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. Chicago, Lochner v. State of
New York
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02/26
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Ch. 6 Assignment 3 & 4, 402-427
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Muller v. State
of New York, Adkins v. Children’s Hospital, Meyer v. State of Nebraska,
Pierce v. Society of Sisters. Bailey v. Alabama, United States v.
Reynolds, Weeks v. United States
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02/27
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Ch 7, Assignments 1 &2, 443-473
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Home Building
& Loan Association v. Blaisdell, O’Gorman
& Young v. Hartford Fire Insurance, Nebbia
v. People of New York, West Coast Hotel v. Parrish, United States v.
Carolene Products (especially footnote four, CB:470), United Public Works v. Mitchell
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03/03
Week Eight
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Ch 7, Assignments 3 & 4 Part I, 473-496
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NLRB v. Jones
& Laughlin Steel, United States v. Darby, Wickard v. Filburn, Ex
Parte Quirin
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03/04
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Ch 7, Assignm;ent 5, 523-543
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Youngstown Sheet
& Tube v. Sawyer
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03/05
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Ch 8, Assignments 1 & 2 Part I, 545-585
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Brown v. Board, Bolling v. Sharpe, Loving v. Virginia, Heart of
Atlanta Motel v. United States, Katzenbach v.
McClung
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03/10
Week Nine
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Ch. 8, Assignment 2 Part II, 3, 4, & 5 585-616
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Katzenbach v. Morgan, Lee Optical v. Williamson
& Williamson v. Lee Optical, Mapp v. Ohio,
Griswold v. Connecticut, Loving v. Virginia
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03/11
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Ch. 8, Assignment 6, 616-628, Ch 9, Assignment 1 Part
I, 631-638
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Roe v. Wade,
South Dakato v. Dole
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03/12
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Ch 9, Assignment 1 Part II, & 2, 638-684
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United States v.
Lopez, United States v. Morrsion, Gonzales v. Raich
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03/17
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Spring Break
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No Assigned Reading
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03/18
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Spring Break
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No Assigned Reading
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03/19
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Spring Break
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No Assigned Reading
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03/24 Week Ten
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Ch 9, Assignment 3, 684-694, Ch 10, Assignment 1,
705-739
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City of Boerne
v. Flores, Gregory v. Ashcroft, New York v. United States, Printz v. United States
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03/25
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Ch 10, Assignment 2, 739-769
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Hans v.
Louisiana, Ex Parte Young, Seminole Tribe of Florida v. Florida, Alden v.
Maine
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03/26
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No class
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No assigned
reading
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03/31 Week Eleven
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Ch. 11, Assignments 1, & 2, 771-794
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Oregon Waste
Systems v. Department of Environmental Quality, Granholm
v. Heald, South Central Timber v. Wunnicke, Hicklin v. Orbeck
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04/01
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Ch 11, Assignment 3, 794-820, Ch 12, Assignment 1 Part
I, 821-832
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U.S. Term Limits
v. Thornton, United States v. Nixon
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04/02
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Ch 12, Assignment 1, Part II & 2 Part I, 838-854
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Clinton v.
Jones, Dames & Moore v. Regan, INS v. Chadha
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04/07 Week Twelve
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Ch 12, Assignment 2 Part II & 3, 854-898
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Morrison v.
Olson, Hamdi v. Rumsfeld, Hamdan
v. Rumsfield
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04/08
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Ch 13, Assignment 1 & 2, 899-934
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Baker v. Carr, Nixon
v. United States, Bush v. Gore, Allen v. Wright, FEC v. Akins, John Doe
v. George W. Bush, DeFunis v. Odegaard, Friends of the Earth v. Laidlaw
Environmental Services
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04/09
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Ch 14, Assignment 1 & 2, 937-972
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Regents v. Bakke, Grutter v. Bollinger,
Gratz v. Bollinger, Parents Involved in
Community Schools v. Seattle School District
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04/14 Week Thirteen
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Ch. 14, Assignment 2, 3, & 4, 984-1023
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Washington v.
Davis, Frontiero v. Richardson, Craig v. Boren,
United States v. Virginia, Cleburne v. Cleburne Living Center, Romer v. Evans
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04/15
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Ch. 15, Assignment 1, 1025-1050
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Bowers v.
Hardwick, Washington v. Glucksberg, Troxel v. Granville
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04/16
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Ch. 15, Assignment 2, 1050-1076
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Planned
Parenthood v. Casey, Washington v. Glucksberg,
Gonzales v. Carhart
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04/21 Week Fourteen
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Ch 15, Assignment 3, 1076-1094, Chapter 6, Assignment
5, 427-429
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Lawrence v.
Texas, Schenck v. United States,
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04/22
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Ch 16, Assignment 1, 1101-1116, Ch 16, Assignment 3, 1146-1151
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United States v.
O’Brien, Texas v. Johnson, R.A.V. v. City of St. Paul, New York Times v.
Sullivan,
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04/23
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Court
of Appeals Decision
Read the transcript or listen to the oral argument in
District of Columbia v. Heller
Link
to transcript
Link to
audio recording
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District of
Columbia v. Heller
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04/28 Week Fifteen
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No class.
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Extra office hours,
9-12 a.m.
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All assignments are from Constitutional Law: Cases in Context, unless otherwise
indicated.
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