We the Students

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ISBN: 9780872897601 | 0872897605
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Copyright: 7/23/2008

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Designed to help students achieve constitutional literacy, We the Students: Supreme Court Cases for and about Students examines dozens of compelling Supreme Court cases pertaining to young people. Through meaningful and engaging commentary, case excerpts, and individual and class exercises, Jamin B. Raskin provides students with the tools necessary to gain an understanding of and appreciation for democratic freedoms and challenges, underscoring students' responsibility in preserving constitutional principles. In the completely revised third edition, We the Students takes a comprehensive look at all of the major constitutional issues affecting students, including freedom of speech and the press, religion in schools, discipline, and discrimination.

Preface	p. ix
Foreword	p. xvii
"We the People": Our Constitution and Courts	p. 1
Why a Constitution?	p. 1
The American Constitution: What Is It?	p. 2
The Constitution: Whose Is It?	p. 2
The Constitution: What Does It Mean?	p. 4
Federalism: How the States Share the Power	p. 6
The Incorporation of the Bill of Rights	p. 6
The State Action Requirement	p. 8
Judicial Architecture: How Our Court System Works	p. 8
Majority and Dissenting Opinions	p. 10
How to Brief a Case	p. 11
Voices and Choices: The First Amendment and Student Speech	p. 13
Expressive Conduct and the Right Not to Speak	p. 14
West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette	p. 16
The Right to Speak Freely and Protest (but Not to Disrupt)	p. 22
Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District	p. 23
The Confederate Flag and Other Racially Provocative Symbols	p. 30
Hirsute Lawsuit: Do Boys Have the Right to Wear Long Hair?	p. 33
Karr v. Schmidt	p. 34
Double Entendres and Double Standards: Lewd and Suggestive Language in a Student Government Campaign Speech	p. 36
Bethel School District No. 403 v. Fraser	p. 37
Coed Naked Civil Liberties	p. 41
"BONG HiTS 4 JESUS": Testing the Limits of Free Speech	p. 43
Morse v. Frederick	p. 44
Thought Control or Quality Control? The Problem of Library Book Removal	p. 53
Viewpoint Neutrality and Religious Speech: Good News for the Free Speech Rights of Religious Americans	p. 56
Good News Club v. Milford Central School	p. 57
Freedom of the Student Press: All the News the School Sees Fit to Print	p. 63
Freedom of the Student Press in Official School-Sponsored Activities	p. 64
Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier	p. 65
Squelching Debate: A Different Sort of Blair Witch-Hunt	p. 70
Cyber Censors: Rising Conflicts over Internet Homepages	p. 72
Killion v. Franklin Regional School District	p. 74
The Wall of Separation Between Church and School	p. 78
Freedom from Establishment of Religion at School	p. 80
Engel v. Vitale	p. 81
Graduating from Invocation and Benediction	p. 86
Lee v. Weisman	p. 87
Santa Fe Independent School District v. Doe	p. 94
Government Aid to Private Religious Schools: When Does It Cross the Line?	p. 100
Everson v. Board of Education of the Township of Ewing	p. 100
School Vouchers: Making Education Redeemable in Secular or Religious Schools	p. 102
Zelman v. Simmons-Harris	p. 104
The First Amendment and the Ten Commandments	p. 107
Stone v. Graham	p. 108
Season's Greetings! The Court's Agonizing Ambivalence over Christmas Nativity Displays	p. 111
One Nation, under Canada, with Constitutional Controversy for All: New Conflict over the Pledge of Allegiance	p. 114
Newdow v. U.S. Congress	p. 115
The Supreme Court's Curious Response to Newdow v. U.S. Congress	p. 118
The Free Exercise Rights of Religious Americans	p. 119
Wisconsin v. Yoder	p. 120
The Theory of Evolution and the Story of Creation: An Ongoing Duel in the Classroom	p. 126
The Fourth Amendment: Searching the Student Body	p. 130
Reduced Privacy Rights at School	p. 132
New Jersey v. T. L. O.	p. 132
A Fluid Analysis of the Fourth Amendment: Drug Tests and Extracurricular Activities	p. 139
Board of Education of Independent School District No. 92 of Pottawatomie County v. Earls	p. 140
Strip Searches	p. 149
Doe v. Renfrow	p. 149
Locker Searches and Drug-Sniffing Dogs	p. 152
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Cass	p. 153
Metal Detectors and the constitution	p. 155
In Re Latasha W.	p. 155
The Constitution and Student Discipline: "Due Process" and "Cruel and Unusual Punishment" at School	p. 158
Due Process	p. 159
Goss v. Lopez	p. 160
The Crime of Hanging Out with Gang Members: "Loitering with No Apparent Purpose" in Chicago and the Due Process Clause	p. 164
City of Chicago v. Morales	p. 165
Corporal Punishment	p. 169
Ingraham v. Wright	p. 169
Corporal Punishment in the Aftermath of Ingraham v. Wright	p. 174
Equal Protection Against Race Discrimination: From Segregation to Multicultural Democracy	p. 176
The Persistent Legacy of Slavery and Racism	p. 178
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka	p. 180
Two Steps Forward, One Step Back: "Massive Resistance" and the Reaction to Brown	p. 183
Cooper v. Aaron	p. 184
Griffin v. County School Board of Prince Edward County	p. 185
The Right to Love	p. 189
Can Public Schools Deliberately Integrate Students Today?	p. 189
Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School Dist. No. 1	p. 191
Race and Ethnicity in College and Graduate School Admissions: Affirmative Action or "Reverse Discrimination"?	p. 197
Jennifer Gratz and Patrick Hamacher, Petitioners v. Lee Bollinger et al.	p. 199
Barbara Grutter, Petitioner v. Lee Bollinger et al.	p. 203
The other Lines we Draw at School: Wealth, Gender, Citizenship, and Sexual Orientation	p. 214
Rich Schools, Poor Schools: The Court's Treatment of "Separate but Equal" School Financing	p. 217
"Suspect" Classes and Gender-Based Segregation	p. 220
Boys and Girls Equal: Title IX	p. 223
Roderick Jackson, Petitioner v. Birmingham Board of Education	p. 225
Separating Citizens from Noncitizens under the Law	p. 227
Plyler v. Doe	p. 228
Discrimination against Gays and Lesbians	p. 235
Boy Scouts of America v. Dale	p. 236
Harassment in the Hallways: Sexual Harassment, Bullying, and the Law	p. 243
When Teachers Harass Students	p. 245
Gebser v. Lago Vista Independent School District	p. 245
When Students Harass Students	p. 248
Davis v. Monroe County Board of Education	p. 249
The Rights of Gay and Lesbian Students against Harassment	p. 257
A Healthy Student Body: Disability, Privacy, Pregnancy, and Sexuality	p. 260
The Rights of the "Differently Abled" under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act	p. 261
Cedar Rapids Community School District v. Garret F.	p. 262
Peer Grading and the Right to Privacy	p. 265
Owasso Independent School Dist. No. I-011 v. Falvo	p. 266
Three Trimesters: Pregnant at School	p. 269
Pfeiffer v. Marion Center Area School District	p. 270
Curtis v. School Committee of Falmouth	p. 273
Abortion and the Privacy Rights of Teenagers	p. 275
Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey	p. 277
Supreme Court Confirmation Exercise: You Be the Judge	p. 283
Constitution of the United States	p. 287
Glossary	p. 305
Bibliography	p. 315
Marshall-Brennan Constitutional Literacy Project	p. 320
Photo Credits	p. 323
Index	p. 325
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