Constitutional Law for a Changing America: Rights, Liberties, and Justice

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This book is part of a two-volume set that highlights the role of politics in the development of constitutional law. It covers Americans' various rights to freedom of religion, freedom of speech, and freedom of the press while it also examines cases that have addressed both discrimination and defendants' rights.

Preface

xvii

I THE SUPREME COURT AND THE CONSTITUTION

The Living Constitution

(1)

The Road to the Bill of Rights

(4)

The Amendment Process

(1)

The Supreme Court and the Amendment Process

(3)

Understanding the U.S. Supreme Court

(39)

Processing Supreme Court Cases

(12)

Supreme Court Decisionmaking: Legally Relevant Approaches

(10)

Supreme Court Decisionmaking: Extralegal Approaches

(11)

Conducting Research on the Supreme Court

(3)

Readings

(3)

The Judiciary: Institutional Powers and Constraints

(22)

Judicial Review

(10)

Marbury v. Madison (1803)

(9)

Constraints on Judical Power

(11)

Ex parte McCardle (1869)

(10)

Readings

(1)

Incorporation of the Bill of Rights

(30)

Must States Abide by the Bill of Rights? Initial Responses

(3)

Barron v. Baltimore (1833)

(2)

Incorporation Through the Fourteenth Amendment: Early Interpretations

(6)

Hurtado v. California (1884)

(5)

A Standard Emerges

(4)

Palko v. Connecticut (1937)

(3)

Incorporation in the Aftermath of Palko

(9)

Duncan v. Louisiana (1968)

(7)

Readings

(4)

II CIVIL LIBERTIES

Approaching Civil Liberties

(4)

Religion: Exercise and Establishment

101

(107)

Defining Religion

102

(3)

Free Exercise of Religion

105

(38)

Cantwell v. Connecticut (1940)

107

(6)

Sherbert v. Verner (1963)

113

(5)

Wisconsin v. Yoder (1972)

118

(8)

Employment Division, Department of Human Resources of Oregon v. Smith (1990)

126

(9)

City of Boerne v. Flores (1997)

135

(8)

Religious Establishment

143

(64)

Everson v. Board of Education (1947)

146

(11)

Lemon v. Kurtzman; Earley v. DiCenso (1971)

157

(10)

Agostini v. Felton (1997)

167

(13)

Edwards v. Aguillard (1987)

180

(9)

School District of Abington Township v. Schempp (1963)

189

(8)

Lee v. Weisman (1992)

197

(10)

Readings

207

(1)

Freedom of Speech, Assembly, and Association

208

(102)

The Development of Legal Standards: The Emergence of Law in Times of Crisis

208

(33)

Schenck v. United States (1919)

211

(2)

Abrams v. United States (1919)

213

(5)

Gitlow v. New York (1925)

218

(11)

Dennis v. United States (1951)

229

(7)

Brandenburg v. Ohio (1969)

236

(5)

Regulating Expression: Content and Contexts

241

(68)

United States v. O'Brien (1968)

244

(3)

Tinker v. Des Moines (1969)

247

(5)

Texas v. Johnson (1989)

252

(6)

Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire (1942)

258

(1)

Cohen v. California (1971)

259

(7)

Hill v. Colorado (2000)

266

(6)

R. A. V. v. City of St. Paul, Minnesota (1992)

272

(6)

Wisconsin v. Mitchell (1993)

278

(3)

West Virginia Board of Education v. Barnette (1943)

281

(5)

Buckley v. Valeo (1976)

286

(7)

Bates v. State Bar of Arizona (1977)

293

(6)

Central Hudson Gas and Electric Corporation v. Public Service Commission of New York (1980)

299

(4)

Boy Scouts of America v. Dale (2000)

303

(6)

Readings

309

(1)

Freedom of the Press

310

(38)

Prior Restraint

311

(19)

Near v. Minnesota (1931)

311

(5)

New York Times v. United States (1971)

316

(9)

Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier (1988)

325

(5)

Government Control of Press Content

330

(10)

Red Lion Broadcasting v. FCC (1969)

335

(5)

The Media and Special Rights

340

(6)

Branzburg v. Hayes (1972)

340

(6)

Readings

346

(2)

The Boundaries of Free Expression: Obscenity and Libel

348

(55)

Obscenity

348

(30)

Roth v. United States (1957)

350

(7)

Miller v. California (1973)

357

(5)

New York v. Ferber (1982)

362

(11)

Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union (1997)

373

(5)

Libel

378

(24)

New York Times v. Sullivan (1964)

379

(10)

Gertz v. Welch (1974)

389

(6)

Hustler Magazine v. Falwell (1988)

395

(7)

Readings

402

(1)

The Right to Keep and Bear Arms

403

(9)

The Supreme Court and the Second Amendment

404

(2)

United States v. Miller (1939)

404

(2)

The States and the Second Amendment

406

(1)

Rethinking the Second Amendment

407

(4)

Readings

411

(1)

The Right to Privacy

412

(73)

The Right to Privacy: Foundations

413

(8)

Griswold v. Connecticut (1965)

415

(6)

Reproductive Freedom and the Right to Privacy: Abortion

421

(20)

Roe v. Wade (1973)

423

(18)

Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey (1992)

441

(16)

Private Activities and the Application of Griswold

457

(17)

Bowers v. Hardwick (1986)

458

(6)

Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Department of Health (1990)

464

(10)

Readings

474

(5)

III THE RIGHTS OF THE CRIMINALLY ACCUSED

The Criminal Justice System and Constitutional Rights

479

(1)

Overview of the Criminal Justice System

479

(3)

Trends in Court Decisionmaking

482

(3)

Investigations and Evidence

485

(71)

The Fourth Amendment: Historical Notes

486

(1)

The Supreme Court and the Fourth Amendment

487

(30)

Illinois v. Gates (1983)

488

(5)

Katz v. United States (1967)

493

(9)

Vernonia School District 47J v. Acton (1995)

502

(6)

Terry v. Ohio (1968)

508

(9)

Enforcing the Fourth Amendment: The Exclusionary Rule

517

(14)

Mapp v. Ohio (1961)

519

(7)

United States v. Leon (1984)

526

(5)

The Fifth Amendment and Self-Incrimination

531

(23)

Escobedo v. Illinois (1964)

532

(4)

Miranda v. Arizona (1966)

536

(12)

Dickerson v. United States (2000)

548

(6)

Readings

554

(2)

Attorneys, Trials, and Punishments

556

(72)

The Right to Counsel

556

(11)

Powell v. Alabama (1932)

557

(4)

Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)

561

(6)

The Pretrial Period and the Right to Bail

567

(4)

United States v. Salerno (1987)

567

(4)

The Sixth Amendment and Fair Trials

571

(18)

Batson v. Kentucky (1986)

574

(7)

Sheppard v. Maxwell (1966)

581

(4)

Richmond Newspapers v. Virginia (1980)

585

(4)

Trial Proceedings

589

(1)

Final Trial Stage: An Overview of Sentencing

590

(1)

The Eight Amendment

591

(21)

Gregg v. Georgia (1976)

593

(9)

McCleskey v. Kemp (1987)

602

(10)

The Double Jeopardy Clause

612

(2)

Attorneys, Trials, and Punishments: (Re)Emerging Issues

614

(1)

Readings

614

(5)

IV CIVIL RIGHTS

Civil Rights and the Constitution

619

(1)

The Fourteenth Amendment

620

(6)

The Fifteenth Amendment

626

(2)

Discrimination

628

(122)

Racial Discrimination

628

(41)

Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)

629

(7)

Sweatt v. Painter (1950)

636

(2)

Brown v. Board of Education (I) (1954)

638

(4)

Brown v. Board of Education (II) (1955)

642

(3)

Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education (1971)

645

(5)

United States v. Fordice (1992)

650

(6)

Loving v. Virginia (1967)

656

(5)

Shelley v. Kraemer (1948)

661

(3)

Burton v. Wilmington Parking Authority (1961)

664

(2)

Moose Lodge No. 107 v. Irvis (1972)

666

(3)

Sex Discrimination

669

(27)

Reed v. Reed (1971)

671

(3)

Frontiero v. Richardson (1973)

674

(3)

Craig v. Boren (1976)

677

(6)

United States v. Virginia (1996)

683

(8)

Rostker v. Goldberg (1981)

691

(5)

Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation

696

(6)

Romer v. Evans (1996)

696

(6)

Other Forms of Discrimination

702

(16)

San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez (1973)

704

(7)

Saenz v. Roe (1999)

711

(7)

Remedying the Effects of Discrimination: Affirmative Action

718

(27)

Regents of the University of California v. Bakke (1978)

721

(8)

Johnson v. Transportation Agency of Santa Clara County, California (1987)

729

(4)

City of Richmond v. J. A. Croson Co. (1989)

733

(6)

Adarand Constructors, Inc. v. Pena (1995)

739

(6)

Contemporary Developments in Discrimination Law

745

(3)

Readings

748

(2)

Voting and Representation

750

(85)

Voting Rights

750

(16)

Louisiana v. United States (1965)

754

(3)

South Carolina v. Katzenbach (1966)

757

(6)

California Democratic Party v. Jones (2000)

763

(3)

Political Representation

766

(27)

Baker v. Carr (1962)

769

(5)

Reynolds v. Sims (1964)

774

(12)

Miller v. Johnson (1995)

786

(7)

Readings

793

(4)

REFERENCE MATERIAL

Constitution of the United States

797

(10)

Federalist Paper, No. 78

807

(4)

U.S. Presidents

811

(2)

Thumbnail Sketch of the Supreme Court's History

813

(2)

The Justices

815

(6)

Natural Courts

821

(6)

Supreme Court Calendar

827

(1)

Briefing Supreme Court Cases

828

(2)

Glossary

830

(5)

Subject Index

835

(18)

Case Index

853

(7)

Illustration Credits

860

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