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9781568021409

Constitutional Law for a Changing America

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    9781568021409

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  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1997-11-01
  • Publisher: Cq Pr

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Can Congress impose limits to free speech on the Internet? May a doctor or a family member assist a terminally-ill patient to commit suicide? Is it constitutional for a government agency to give preferences to minorities in awarding federal contracts? Covers various Americans' right to the free exercise of religion, freedom of speech, and freedom of the press, discrimination and defendant's rights.

Author Biography

Lee Epstein is the Edward Mallinckrodt Distinguished University Professor of Political Science and Professor of Law at Washington University Thomas G. Walker is professor and chair of the Department of Political Science at Emory University

Table of Contents

Preface xv
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(3)
Understanding the U.S. Supreme Court
11(35)
Processing Supreme Court Cases
11(11)
Approaches to Supreme Court Decision Making
22(20)
Conducting Research on the Supreme Court
42(4)
Readings
45(1)
The Judiciary: Institutional Powers and Constraints
46(20)
Judicial Review
46(9)
Marbury v. Madison (1803)
47(8)
Constraints on Judicial Power
55(11)
Ex parte McCardle (1869)
55(10)
Readings
65(1)
Incorporation of the Bill of Rights
66(29)
Must States Abide by the Bill of Rights?
Initial Responses
66(3)
Barron v. Baltimore (1833)
67(2)
Incorporation Through the Fourteenth Amendment: Early Interpretations
69(6)
Hurtado v. California (1884)
70(5)
A Standard Emerges
75(4)
Palko v. Connecticut (1937)
77(2)
Incorporation in the Aftermath of Palko
79(12)
Duncan v. Louisiana (1968)
81(7)
Readings
88(3)
II CIVIL LIBERTIES
Approaching Civil Liberties
91(4)
Religion: Exercise and Establishment
95(130)
Defining Religion
96(3)
Free Exercise of Religion
99(47)
Cantwell v. Connecticut (1940)
102(6)
Sherbert v. Verner (1963)
108(6)
Wisconsin v. Yoder (1972)
114(9)
Employment Division, Department of Human Resources of Oregon v. Smith (1990)
123(8)
Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye v. City of Hialeah (1993)
131(8)
City of Boerne v. Flores (1997)
139(7)
Religious Establishment
146(79)
Everson v. Board of Education (1947)
150(13)
Lemon v. Kurtzman; Earley v. DiCenso (1971)
163(11)
Agostini v. Felton (1997)
174(10)
Rosenberger v. University of Virginia (1995)
184(7)
Edwards v. Aguillard (1987)
191(10)
School District of Abington Township v. Schempp (1963)
201(6)
Wallace v. Jaffree (1985)
207(8)
Lee v. Weisman (1992)
215(8)
Readings
223(2)
Freedom of Speech, Assembly, and Association
225(98)
The Development of Legal Standards: The Emergence of Law in Times of Crisis
225(31)
Schenck v. United States (1919)
228(3)
Abrams v. United States (1919)
231(4)
Gitlow v. New York (1925)
235(11)
Dennis v. United States (1951)
246(7)
Brandenburg v. Ohio (1969)
253(3)
Regulating Expression: Content and Contexts
256(58)
United States v. O'Brien (1968)
260(2)
Tinker v. Des Moines (1969)
262(6)
Texas v. Johnson (1989)
268(5)
Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire (1942)
273(2)
Cohen v. California (1971)
275(7)
Madsen v. Women's Health Center, Inc. (1994)
282(9)
R. A. V. v. City of St. Paul, Minnesota (1992)
291(4)
Wisconsin v. Mitchell (1993)
295(4)
West Virginia Board of Education v. Barnette (1943)
299(6)
Bates v. State Bar of Arizona (1977)
305(7)
Central Hudson Gas and Electric Corporation v. Public Service Commission of New York (1980)
312(2)
Emerging Issues
314(9)
Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union (1997)
316(6)
Readings
322(1)
Freedom of the Press
323(34)
Prior Restraint
324(18)
Near v. Minnesota (1931)
324(6)
New York Times v. United States (1971)
330(8)
Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier (1988)
338(4)
Government Control of Press Content
342(8)
Red Lion Broadcasting v. FCC (1969)
345(5)
The Media and Special Rights
350(7)
Branzburg v. Hayes (1972)
350(6)
Readings
356(1)
The Boundaries of Free Expression: Obscenity and Libel
357(52)
Obscenity
357(26)
Roth v. United States (1957)
359(7)
Miller v. California (1973)
366(5)
New York v. Ferber (1982)
371(12)
Libel
383(26)
New York Times v. Sullivan (1964)
384(9)
Gertz v. Welch (1974)
393(6)
Hustler Magazine v. Falwell (1988)
399(4)
Masson v. New Yorker Magazine (1991)
403(5)
Readings
408(1)
The Right to Privacy
409(78)
The Right to Privacy: Foundations
410(8)
Griswold v. Connecticut (1965)
412(6)
Private Activities and the Application of Griswold
418(24)
Bowers v. Hardwick (1986)
419(7)
Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Department of Health (1990)
426(8)
Washington v. Glucksberg (1997)
434(8)
Reproductive Freedom and the Right to Privacy: Abortion
442(39)
Roe v. Wade (1973)
444(21)
Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey (1992)
465(13)
Readings
478(3)
III THE RIGHTS OF THE CRIMINALLY ACCUSED
The Criminal Justice System and Constitutional Rights
481(1)
Overview of the Criminal Justice System
481(3)
Trends in Court Decision Making
484(3)
Investigations and Evidence
487(77)
The Fourth Amendment: Historical Notes
488(1)
The Supreme Court and the Fourth Amendment
489(34)
Illinois v. Gates (1983)
490(6)
Katz v. United States (1967)
496(11)
Vernonia School District 47J v. Acton (1995)
507(6)
Terry v. Ohio (1968)
513(10)
Enforcing the Fourth Amendment: The Exclusionary Rule
523(16)
Mapp v. Ohio (1961)
524(9)
United States v. Leon (1984)
533(6)
The Fifth Amendment and Self-Incrimination
539(25)
Escobedo v. Illinois (1964)
541(3)
Miranda v. Arizona (1966)
544(12)
Rhode Island v. Innis (1980)
556(7)
Readings
563(1)
Attorneys, Trials, and Punishments
564(75)
The Right to Counsel
564(10)
Powell v. Alabama (1932)
565(4)
Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)
569(5)
The Pretrial Period and the Right to Bail
574(5)
United States v. Salerno (1987)
575(4)
The Sixth Amendment and Fair Trials
579(21)
Batson v. Kentucky (1986)
581(6)
J. E. B. v. Alabama ex rel. T. B. (1994)
587(6)
Sheppard v. Maxwell (1966)
593(4)
Richmond Newspapers v. Virgina (1980)
597(3)
Trial Proceedings
600(2)
Final Trial Stage: An Overview of Sentencing
602(1)
The Eighth Amendment
603(21)
Gregg v. Georgia (1976)
604(11)
McCleskey v. Kemp (1987)
615(9)
Post-Trial Stages
624(5)
Readings
626(3)
IV CIVIL RIGHTS
Civil Rights and the Constitution
629(1)
The Fourteenth Amendment
630(6)
The Fifteenth Amendment
636(3)
Discrimination
639(117)
Racial Discrimination
639(41)
Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
640(7)
Shelley v. Kraemer (1948)
647(3)
Sweatt v. Painter (1950)
650(2)
Brown v. Board of Education (I) (1954)
652(4)
Brown v. Board of Education (II) (1955)
656(3)
Burton v. Wilmington Parking Authority (1961)
659(2)
Loving v. Virginia (1967)
661(5)
Moose Lodge #107 v. Irvis (1972)
666(3)
Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education (1971)
669(6)
United States v. Fordice (1992)
675(5)
Sex Discrimination
680(29)
Reed v. Reed (1971)
684(2)
Frontiero v. Richardson (1973)
686(3)
Craig v. Boren (1976)
689(5)
Orr v. Orr (1979)
694(3)
United States v. Virginia (1996)
697(7)
Rostker v. Goldberg (1981)
704(5)
Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation
709(6)
Romer v. Evans (1996)
710(5)
Other Forms of Discrimination
715(10)
San Antonio Independent School District v. rodriguez (1973)
716(9)
Remedying the Effects of Discrimination: Affirmative Action
725(28)
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke (1978)
728(8)
Johnson v. Transportation Agency of Santa Clara County, California (1987)
736(4)
City of Richmond v. J. A. Croson Co. (1989)
740(7)
Adarand Constructors, Inc. v. Pena (1995)
747(6)
Contemporary Developments in Discrimination Law
753(3)
Readings
754(2)
Voting and Representation
756(84)
Voting Rights
756(13)
Louisiana v. United States (1965)
759(5)
South Carolina v. Katzenbach (1966)
764(5)
Political Representation
769(38)
Baker v. Carr (1962)
772(4)
Reynolds v. Sims (1964)
776(10)
United Jewish Organizations of Williamsburgh v. Carey (1977)
786(5)
Miller v. Johnson (1995)
791(8)
Davis v. Bandemer (1986)
799(4)
Readings
803(4)
REFERENCE MATERIAL
Constitution of the United States
807(10)
Federalist Paper, No. 78
817(4)
U.S. Presidents
821(2)
Thumbnail Sketch of the Supreme Court's History
823(2)
The Justices
825(6)
Natural Courts
831(6)
Supreme Court Calendar
837(1)
Briefing Supreme Court Cases
838(2)
Glossary 840(5)
Subject Index 845(17)
Case Index 862(7)
Illustration Credits 869

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