Constitutional Debate in Action Civil Rights and Liberties

by Pohlman, H. L.

• ISBN13: 9780742536661
• ISBN10: 0742536661
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-01-20
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

Taking into account the political and intellectual forces that shape Supreme Court decisions, Constitutional Debate in Action examines how and why the United States Constitution continues to grow and adapt to human wants, passions, and values. Not your traditional constitutional-law textbook, this three volume set views the Constitution as an institutionalized form of debate by which people press their political demands and arguments upon the Supreme Court. Each volume provides in depth and updated examinations of key landmark decisions. Civil Rights and Liberties covers: Racial Discrimination, Affirmative Action, Abortion, Hate Speech, and Peyote Use and Religious Freedom, and, new to the Second Edition, a completely new chapter on Campaign Finance Regulation and Freedom of Speech. Visit our website for sample chapters!

Author Biography

H. L. Pohlman is the A. Lee Fritschler Professor of Public Policy and current chair of the Political Science Department at Dickinson College.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Acknowledgments	xv
1 Racial Discrimination: Brown v. Board of Education	1	(34)
Briefs	13	(3)
Legal Defense Fund's Brief (1952)	13	(2)
Brief for the State of Kansas (1952)	15	(1)
Oral Argument (1952)	16	(3)
Briefs	19	(6)
Legal Defense Fund's Brief (1953)	19	(3)
Brief for the State of Kansas (1953)	22	(3)
Oral Argument (1953)	25	(1)
The Opinion	26	(2)
Postscript	28	(7)
2 Affirmative Action: Regents of University of Calif. v. Bakke and Grutter v. Bollinger (co-authored with Jared Mellott)	35	(58)
I. Bakke and Its Background	35	(28)
Briefs	43	(10)
University of California Brief	43	(5)
Allan Bakke's Brief	48	(2)
Polish American Congress Amicus Brief	50	(1)
NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund Amicus Brief	51	(1)
Mexican American Legal Defense & Educational Fund Amicus Brief	52	(1)
Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith Amicus Brief	53	(1)
Oral Argument	53	(3)
The Opinion	56	(7)
II. Developments after Bakke	63	(30)
Briefs	70	(9)
Grutter's Brief	70	(4)
University of Michigan's Brief	74	(3)
United States' Brief	77	(1)
Brief of Lt. Gen. Julius W. Becton, et al.	78	(1)
Oral Argument	79	(3)
Opinions	82	(11)
3 Abortion: Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey	93	(54)
I. Roe and Its Background	93	(19)
Briefs	98	(6)
Roe's Brief (1971)	98	(4)
Texas's Brief (1971)	102	(2)
Oral Argument (1971)	104	(3)
Oral Reargument (1972)	107	(2)
The Opinion (1973)	109	(3)
II. Developments after Roe	112	(35)
Briefs	121	(8)
Planned Parenthood's Brief	121	(4)
Pennsylvania's Brief	125	(4)
Oral Argument	129	(3)
The Opinion	132	(11)
Postscript	143	(4)
4 Hate Speech and Cross Burning: R.A.V. v. City of St. Paul and Virginia v. Black	147	(54)
I. Background to R.A.V.	147	(23)
Briefs	155	(4)
R.A.V.'s Brief	155	(2)
St. Paul's Brief	157	(2)
Oral Argument	159	(4)
The Opinion	163	(7)
II. Post-R.A.V. Developments	170	(31)
Briefs	177	(10)
Virginia's Brief	177	(5)
Respondent's Brief	182	(5)
Virginia's Reply Brief	187	(1)
Oral Argument	187	(6)
Opinions	193	(8)
5 Campaign Finance Regulation and Freedom of Speech: McConnell v. Federal Election Commission	201	(48)
Briefs	214	(17)
Senator McConnell's Brief	214	(8)
Brief for the Federal Election Commission	222	(9)
Oral Argument	231	(4)
The Opinion	235	(14)
6 Peyote Use and Religious Freedom: Employment Div., Dept. of Human Resources of Oregon v. Smith (co-authored with Jared Mellott)	249	(36)
Briefs	259	(6)
Oregon's Brief	259	(4)
Smith's Brief	263	(2)
Oral Argument	265	(5)
The Opinion	270	(6)
Postscript	276	(9)
Index	285	(12)
About the Author	297