Civil Liberties Under the Constitution

by Abernathy, M. Glenn; Perry, Barbara A.

• ISBN13: 9780872498549
• ISBN10: 0872498549
• Edition: 6th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1993-01-01
• Publisher: Univ of South Carolina Pr

Table of Contents

Preface	xiii
The Courts And Civil Rights	1	(15)
Limitations on Judicial Power to Protect Rights	1	(1)
Failure to litigate	1	(1)
``Standing'' to sue	2	(3)
Presumption of validity of official acts	5	(1)
Difficulty in extending decisions beyond specific facts and parties involved in litigation	5	(1)
Limited remedies for private interference with free choice	6	(1)
Political questions	6	(1)
Impact of judicial selection	7	(1)
Judicial Remedies for Violations of Rights	8	(1)
Mandamus	8	(1)
Injunction	8	(1)
Civil damage suit	9	(1)
Criminal prosecution	9	(1)
Appellate court review	9	(3)
Habeas corpus review	12	(1)
Sources of Interference with Personal Freedom	12	(4)
Civil Rights in The Federal System	16	(21)
Barron v. Baltimore (1833)	17	(4)
Slaughter-House Cases (1873)	21	(6)
Twining v. New Jersey (1908)	27	(8)
The Incorporation Process---Table 1	35	(2)
The Rights Of The Accused	37	(135)
Notice of What Conduct Is Made Criminal	37	(1)
The ``Void for Vagueness'' rule	37	(2)
The prohibition against ex post facto laws	39	(1)
Notice to the accused of the offense charged	39	(1)
Cole v. Arkansas (1948)	40	(1)
Searches and Seizures	41	(1)
Arrest	41	(2)
Searches	43	(1)
Warden v. Hayden (1967)	44	(3)
Chimel v. California (1969)	47	(2)
United States v. Robinson (1973)	49	(5)
Delaware v. Prouse (1979)	54	(2)
United States v. Ross (1982)	56	(4)
Oliver v. United States (1984)	60	(3)
Admissibility of evidence obtained illegally---the ``Exclusionary Rule''	63	(1)
Mapp v. Ohio (1961)	64	(5)
United States v. Leon et al. (1984)	69	(4)
Wiretapping and electronic surveillance	73	(2)
Katz v. United States (1967)	75	(1)
United States v. United States District Court (1972)	76	(4)
Bail	80	(1)
United States v. Salerno (1987)	81	(3)
Self-Incrimination	84	(1)
The invocation of the privilege	84	(2)
The scope of the privilege	86	(1)
Kastigar v. United States (1972)	87	(2)
The problem of immunity and federalism	89	(1)
Murphy v. Waterfront Commission Of New York Harbor (1964)	90	(2)
Confessions	92	(1)
Brown v. Mississippi (1936)	93	(2)
Miranda v. Arizona (1966)	95	(6)
Rochin v. California (1952)	101	(4)
The Right to Counsel	105	(1)
Powell v. Alabama (1932)	105	(3)
Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)	108	(2)
Argersinger v. Hamlin (1972)	110	(2)
Stage at which the right to counsel accrues	112	(2)
Effective representation by counsel	114	(1)
The Right to a Fair Hearing	115	(1)
Illinois v. Allen (1970)	115	(3)
In Re Gault (1967)	118	(3)
Goss v. Lopez (1975)	121	(2)
Double Jeopardy	123	(1)
Double jeopardy and criminal appeals	124	(1)
Green v. United States (1957)	124	(1)
Benton v. Maryland (1969)	125	(2)
Trial for multiple related offenses	127	(2)
Ashe v. Swenson (1970)	129	(1)
Waller v. Florida (1970)	130	(1)
Bartkus v. Illinois (1959)	131	(3)
Trial by Jury	134	(1)
Incorporation	135	(1)
Duncan v. Louisiana (1968)	135	(1)
Number of jurors	136	(1)
Williams v. Florida (1970)	136	(2)
Requirement of unanimity	138	(1)
Apodaca v. Oregon (1972)	138	(3)
Selection of jurors	141	(1)
Taylor v. Louisiana (1975)	142	(2)
Guilty Pleas	144	(1)
Santobello v. New York (1971)	145	(1)
Cruel and Unusual Punishments	146	(3)
Gregg v. Georgia (1976)	149	(8)
Thompson v. Oklahoma (1988)	157	(6)
Habeas Corpus	163	(3)
Rights of Prisoners	166	(1)
Wolff v. McDonnell (1974)	167	(5)
Religious Freedom	172	(51)
Separation of Church and State	173	(1)
Everson v. Board Of Education (1947)	173	(4)
Board Of Education v. Allen (1968)	177	(1)
Walz v. Tax Commission Of The City Of New York (1970)	178	(1)
Lemon v. Kurtzman (1971)	179	(3)
Mueller v. Allen (1983)	182	(4)
``Released time'' programs	186	(2)
The Bible and prayer in public schools	188	(1)
School District Of Abington Township v. Schempp and Murray v. Curlett (1963)	189	(5)
Wallace v. Jaffree (1985)	194	(2)
Legislative chaplains and the establishment clause	196	(1)
Nativity scenes displayed under government sponsorship	197	(1)
Lynch v. Donnelly (1984)	197	(3)
Sunday closing laws and the establishment clause	200	(1)
McGowan v. Maryland (1961)	200	(4)
The ``Free Exercise'' of Religion	204	(1)
Permissible areas of restraint---protection of morals, health, and safety	204	(3)
Compulsory patriotic exercises and religious freedom	207	(1)
West Virginia State Board Of Education v. Barnette (1943)	208	(3)
Free exercise of religion and the problems of Sabbatarians	211	(2)
Religious oaths---conscientious objectors	213	(2)
Compulsory public education laws and religious freedom	215	(1)
Wisconsin v. Yoder (1972)	215	(2)
Prior restraints on the free exercise of religion	217	(1)
Cantwell v. Connecticut (1940)	218	(2)
Miscellaneous free exercise issues	220	(3)
Freedom Of Speech, Press, And Assembly	223	(101)
The Scope of the Rights	223	(3)
Previous Restraints	226	(1)
Near v. Minnesota (1931)	227	(2)
New York Times Co. v. United States (1971)	229	(4)
Kingsley Books, Inc. v. Brown (1957)	233	(1)
Licensing and taxation as previous restraints	234	(1)
Shuttlesworth v. Birmingham (1969)	235	(2)
Vagueness and overbreadth	237	(2)
Doctrines Advanced as Tests of Constitutionality of First Amendment Restraints	239	(1)
Schenck v. United States (1919)	239	(2)
Gitlow v. New York (1925)	241	(9)
Internal Security	250	(1)
Dennis v. United States (1951)	251	(6)
Scales v. United States (1961)	257	(8)
Regulation of Traffic and Maintenance of Public Peace and Order	265	(3)
Heffron v. International Society For Krishna Consciousness, Inc. (1981)	268	(3)
Profane and abusive language: the ``fighting words'' doctrine	271	(1)
Cohen v. California (1971)	272	(1)
Gooding v. Wilson (1972)	273	(2)
Demonstrations and protest speech	275	(1)
Edwards v. South Carolina (1963)	276	(3)
Adderley v. Florida (1966)	279	(5)
Gregory v. Chicago (1969)	284	(1)
Brandenburg v. Ohio (1969)	284	(1)
Tinker v. Des Moines School District (1969)	285	(3)
Special Aspects of Freedom of the Press	288	(1)
Free press v. fair administration of justice	288	(2)
Sheppard v. Maxwell (1966)	290	(3)
Reporter's privilege	293	(1)
Branzburg v. Hayes (1972)	293	(3)
Libel	296	(1)
New York Times Co. v. Sullivan (1964)	296	(4)
Gertz v. Welch (1974)	300	(2)
Hustler Magazine v. Jery Falwell (1988)	302	(3)
Handbills, posters, and commercial advertising	305	(3)
A ``right of reply'' and problems of the broadcast media	308	(2)
Censorship of public school newspapers	310	(1)
Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier (1988)	310	(2)
Obscenity and Pornography	312	(1)
Roth v. United States and Alberts v. California (1957)	313	(4)
Stanley v. Georgia (1969)	317	(1)
Miller v. California (1973)	318	(6)
Equal Protection Of The Law	324	(83)
The Traditional View	325	(2)
The New Equal Protection	327	(1)
In Re Griffiths (1973)	328	(1)
Shapiro v. Thompson (1969)	329	(3)
Kramer v. Union Free School District No. 15 (1969)	332	(1)
San Antonio v. Rodriguez (1973)	333	(3)
The ``Three-Tiered'' Approach	336	(1)
Craig v. Boren (1976)	337	(2)
Race Discrimination	339	(1)
Strauder v. West Virginia (1880)	339	(1)
Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)	340	(2)
Buchanan v. Warley (1917)	342	(3)
Discrimination in public schools	345	(1)
Sweatt v. Painter (1950)	345	(1)
Brown v. Board Of Education Of Topeka I (1954)	346	(4)
Brown v. Board Of Education Of Topeka II (1955)	350	(1)
Green v. School Board Of New Kent County (1968)	351	(1)
Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board Of Education (1971)	352	(4)
Keyes v. School District No. 1 (1973)	356	(4)
Affirmative action	360	(1)
Regents Of The University Of California v. Bakke (1978)	360	(7)
Private discrimination	367	(1)
Shelley v. Kraemer (1948)	368	(4)
Title II of the Civil Rights Act of 1964	372	(2)
Heart Of Atlanta Motel v. United States (1964)	374	(3)
Griggs v. Duke Power Co. (1971)	377	(3)
Other aspects of race discrimination	380	(1)
Palmer v. Thompson (1971)	381	(2)
Sex Discrimination	383	(1)
The constitutional development	384	(1)
Reed v. Reed (1971)	384	(1)
Frontiero v. Richardson (1973)	385	(3)
Orr v. Orr (1979)	388	(3)
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 and sex discrimination	391	(2)
Meritor Savings Bank v. Vinson (1986)	393	(2)
Sex discrimination in education programs	395	(1)
Grove City College v. Bell (1984)	395	(2)
Apportionment of Legislative Seats and the Equal Protection Clause	397	(1)
Baker v. Carr (1962)	398	(5)
Reynolds v. Sims (1964)	403	(4)
The Right To Vote	407	(20)
Constitutional Limitations on State Voting Regulations	407	(1)
Race discrimination: the white primary cases	408	(1)
United States v. Classic (1941)	408	(2)
Smith v. Allwright (1944)	410	(1)
The grandfather clauses	411	(1)
Poll taxes	411	(1)
Literacy tests	412	(2)
Residence requirements	414	(1)
Dunn v. Blumstein (1972)	414	(2)
Closed primaries	416	(1)
Federal Legislation to Protect Voting Rights	417	(3)
South Carolina v. Katzenbach (1966)	420	(1)
Perkins v. Matthews (1971)	421	(6)
The Right Of Privacy	427	(16)
Griswold v. Connecticut (1965)	427	(2)
Roe v. Wade (1973)	429	(4)
Webster v. Reproductive Health Services (1989)	433	(4)
New Jersey v. T. L. O. (1985)	437	(2)
O'Conner v. Ortega (1987)	439	(3)
Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Department Of Health (1990)	442	(1)
Constitution of the United States	443	(11)
Selected References	454	(8)
Index of Cases	462	(7)
General Index	469