Constitutional Law for a Changing America

by Epstein, Lee

• ISBN13: 9781568028170
• ISBN10: 1568028172
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-10-01
• Publisher: Cq Pr

Table of Contents

Chronological Table of Cases	xi
Tables, Figures, and Boxes	xiii
Preface	xvii
I THE SUPREME COURT AND THE CONSTITUTION
The Living Constitution	3	(1)
The Road to the Bill of Rights	3	(4)
The Amendment Process	7	(1)
The Supreme Court and the Amendment Process	8	(2)
Understanding the U.S. Supreme Court	10	(40)
Processing Supreme Court Cases	10	(11)
Supreme Court Decision Making: The Role of Law	21	(12)
Supreme Court Decision Making: The Role of Politics	33	(12)
Conducting Research on the Supreme Court	45	(2)
Readings	47	(3)
The Judiciary: Institutional Powers and Constraints	50	(25)
Judicial Review	50	(10)
Marbury v. Madison (1803)	51	(9)
Constraints on Judicial Power	60	(13)
Ex parte McCardle (1869)	61	(12)
Readings	73	(2)
Incorporation of the Bill of Rights	75	(30)
Must States Abide by the Bill of Rights? Initial Responses	75	(3)
Barron v. Baltimore (1833)	76	(2)
Incorporation through the Fourteenth Amendment: Early Interpretations	78	(6)
Hurtado v. California (1884)	79	(5)
A Standard Emerges	84	(4)
Palko v. Connecticut (1937)	86	(2)
Incorporation in the Aftermath of Palko	88	(9)
Duncan v. Louisiana (1968)	90	(7)
Readings	97	(4)
II CIVIL LIBERTIES
Approaching Civil Liberties	101	(4)
Religion: Exercise and Establishment	105	(109)
Defining Religion	106	(3)
Free Exercise of Religion	109	(36)
Cantwell v. Connecticut (1940)	111	(6)
Sherbert v. Verner (1963)	117	(5)
Wisconsin v. Yoder (1972)	122	(8)
Employment Division, Department of Human Resources of Oregon v. Smith (1990)	130	(8)
City of Boerne v. Flores (1997)	138	(7)
Religious Establishment	145	(68)
Everson v. Board of Education (1947)	146	(11)
Lemon v. Kurtzman; Earley v. DiCenso (1971)	157	(10)
Agostini v. Felton (1997)	167	(7)
Zelman v. Simmons-Harris (2002)	174	(13)
Edwards v. Aguillard (1987)	187	(9)
School District of Abington Township v. Schempp (1963)	196	(7)
Lee v. Weisman (1992)	203	(10)
Readings	213	(1)
Freedom of Speech, Assembly, and Association	214	(105)
The Development of Legal Standards: The Emergence of Law in Times of Crisis	214	(32)
Schenck v. United States (1919)	217	(2)
Abrams v. United States (1919)	219	(5)
Gitlow v. New York (1925)	224	(11)
Dennis v. United States (1951)	235	(7)
Brandenburg v. Ohio (1969)	242	(4)
Regulating Expression: Content and Contexts	246	(72)
United States v. O'Brien (1968)	251	(3)
Tinker v. Des Moines (1969)	254	(5)
Texas v. Johnson (1989)	259	(6)
Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire (1942)	265	(1)
Cohen v. California (1971)	266	(6)
Hill v. Colorado (2000)	272	(8)
R. A. V. v. City of St. Paul, Minnesota (1992)	280	(6)
Wisconsin v. Mitchell (1993)	286	(3)
West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette (1943)	289	(6)
Buckley v. Valeo (1976)	295	(8)
Bates v. State Bar of Arizona (1977)	303	(6)
Central Hudson Gas and Electric Corporation v. Public Service Commission of New York (1980)	309	(4)
Boy Scouts of America v. Dale (2000)	313	(5)
Readings	318	(1)
Freedom of the Press	319	(39)
Prior Restraint	320	(20)
Near v. Minnesota (1931)	320	(6)
New York Times v. United States (1971)	326	(9)
Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier (1988)	335	(5)
Government Control of Press Content	340	(10)
Red Lion Broadcasting v. FCC (1969)	345	(5)
The Media and Special Rights	350	(7)
Branzburg v. Hayes (1972)	350	(7)
Readings	357	(1)
The Boundaries of Free Expression: Obscenity and Libel	358	(61)
Obscenity	358	(37)
Roth v. United States (1957)	360	(7)
Miller v. California (1973)	367	(5)
New York v. Ferber (1982)	372	(4)
Ashcroft v. Free Speech Coalition (2002)	376	(5)
Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union (1997)	381	(14)
Libel	395	(22)
New York Times v. Sullivan (1964)	396	(9)
Gertz v. Welch (1974)	405	(6)
Hustler Magazine v. Falwell (1988)	411	(6)
Readings	417	(2)
The Right to Keep and Bear Arms	419	(10)
The Supreme Court and the Second Amendment	420	(2)
United States v. Miller (1939)	420	(2)
The States and the Second Amendment	422	(1)
Rethinking the Second Amendment	423	(4)
Readings	427	(2)
The Right to Privacy	429	(80)
The Right to Privacy: Foundations	430	(8)
Griswold v. Connecticut (1965)	432	(6)
Reproductive Freedom and the Right to Privacy: Abortion	438	(34)
Roe v. Wade (1973)	440	(18)
Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey (1992)	458	(14)
Private Activities and the Application of Griswold	472	(27)
Bowers v. Hardwick (1986)	475	(4)
Lawrence v. Texas (2003)	479	(10)
Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Department of Health (1990)	489	(10)
Readings	499	(4)
III THE RIGHTS OF THE CRIMINALLY ACCUSED
The Criminal Justice System and Constitutional Rights	503	(1)
Overview of the Criminal Justice System	503	(2)
Trends in Court Decision Making	505	(4)
Investigations and Evidence	509	(71)
The Fourth Amendment: Historical Notes	510	(1)
The Supreme Court and the Fourth Amendment	511	(30)
Illinois v. Gates (1983)	512	(5)
Katz v. United States (1967)	517	(10)
Ferguson v. City of Charleston (2001)	527	(5)
Terry v. Ohio (1968)	532	(9)
Enforcing the Fourth Amendment: The Exclusionary Rule	541	(14)
Mapp v. Ohio (1961)	543	(7)
United States v. Leon (1984)	550	(5)
The Fifth Amendment and Self-Incrimination	555	(23)
Escobedo v. Illinois (1964)	556	(4)
Miranda v. Arizona (1966)	560	(12)
Dickerson v. United States (2000)	572	(6)
Readings	578	(2)
Attorneys, Trials, and Punishments	580	(80)
The Right to Counsel	580	(12)
Powell v. Alabama (The Scottsboro Boys Case) (1932)	581	(4)
Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)	585	(7)
The Pretrial Period and the Right to Bail	592	(1)
The Sixth Amendment and Fair Trials	593	(19)
Batson v. Kentucky (1986)	596	(7)
Sheppard v. Maxwell (1966)	603	(5)
Richmond Newspapers v. Virginia (1980)	608	(4)
Trial Proceedings	612	(1)
Final Trial Stage: An Overview of Sentencing	613	(1)
The Eighth Amendment	614	(29)
Gregg v. Georgia (1976)	616	(13)
Atkins v. Virginia (2002)	629	(9)
Ewing v. California (2003)	638	(5)
Post-Trial Protections and the Double Jeopardy Clause	643	(2)
Post-Release Protections	645	(1)
Attorneys, Trials, and Punishments: (Re)Emerging Issues	646	(1)
Readings	646	(5)
IV CIVIL RIGHTS
Civil Rights and the Constitution	651	(1)
The Fourteenth Amendment	652	(6)
The Fifteenth Amendment	658	(2)
Discrimination	660	(120)
Racial Discrimination	660	(36)
Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)	661	(7)
Sweatt v. Painter (1950)	668	(2)
Brown v. Board of Education (I) (1954)	670	(4)
Brown v. Board of Education (II) (1955)	674	(3)
Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education (1971)	677	(6)
Loving v. Virginia (1967)	683	(6)
Shelley v. Kraemer (1948)	689	(2)
Burton v. Wilmington Parking Authority (1961)	691	(3)
Moose Lodge No. 107 v. Irvis (1972)	694	(2)
Sex Discrimination	696	(27)
Reed v. Reed (1971)	699	(3)
Frontiero v. Richardson (1973)	702	(3)
Craig v. Boren (1976)	705	(6)
United States v. Virginia (1996)	711	(8)
Rostker v. Goldberg (1981)	719	(4)
Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation	723	(6)
Romer v. Evans (1996)	724	(5)
Other Forms of Discrimination	729	(15)
San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez (1973)	731	(6)
Saenz v. Roe (1999)	737	(7)
Remedying the Effects of Discrimination: Affirmative Action	744	(32)
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke (1978)	746	(9)
City of Richmond v. J.A. Croson Co. (1989)	755	(6)
Adarand Constructors, Inc. v. Pena (1995)	761	(5)
Grutter v. Bollinger (2003)	766	(10)
Contemporary Developments in Discrimination Law	776	(2)
Readings	778	(2)
Voting and Representation	780	(97)
The Supreme Court and Elections	780	(11)
Bush v. Gore (2000)	781	(10)
Voting Rights	791	(17)
Louisiana v. United States (1965)	795	(4)
South Carolina v. Katzenbach (1966)	799	(6)
California Democratic Party v. Jones (2000)	805	(3)
Political Representation	808	(27)
Baker v. Carr (1962)	811	(4)
Reynolds v. Sims (1964)	815	(13)
Miller v. Johnson (1995)	828	(7)
Readings	835	(4)
REFERENCE MATERIAL
Constitution of the United States	839	(10)
Federalist Paper, No. 78	849	(3)
U.S. Presidents	852	(2)
Thumbnail Sketch of the Supreme Court's History	854	(2)
The Justices	856	(6)
Natural Courts	862	(6)
Supreme Court Calendar	868	(1)
Briefing Supreme Court Cases	869	(1)
Glossary	870	(4)
Online Case Archive Index	874	(3)
Subject Index	877	(20)
Case Index	897	(8)
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