Law School for Everyone: Constitutional Law

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The U.S. Constitution is at the core of the American political system. Yet, despite its central role in our lives, this ever-controversial founding document is vague about many of the issues confronting modern society. Professor Biography......Page 3 Table of Contents......Page 5 Course Scope......Page 7 A Nation in Crisis......Page 10 The Articles of Confederation......Page 11 The Constitutional Convention......Page 12 The Result......Page 13 The Constitution’s Purposes......Page 14 Individual Rights......Page 15 Interpreting the Constitution......Page 16 Background on Marbury v. Madison......Page 18 Quirks in the Case......Page 19 Marshall’s Ruling......Page 20 Marshall’s Reasoning......Page 21 McCulloch v. Maryland......Page 22 McCulloch v. Maryland in the Supreme Court......Page 24 Textual Arguments......Page 25 Conclusion......Page 26 Situating the President......Page 28 Pronouns in the Constitution......Page 29 Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company v. Sawyer......Page 30 A Different Opinion......Page 32 Executive Orders......Page 33 Administrative Agencies......Page 34 Conclusion......Page 35 Congress’s Enumerated Powers......Page 37 The Commerce Clause......Page 38 The 1930s......Page 39 Roosevelt’s Reaction......Page 40 A Turning Point......Page 41 Wickard v. Filburn......Page 43 Civil Rights and the Commerce Clause......Page 45 Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United States......Page 46 The Court’s Reasoning......Page 47 Pulling Back......Page 48 Revisions......Page 49 The Federalism Revolution......Page 50 The Individual Mandate......Page 51 The Government’s Theory......Page 52 Conclusion......Page 53 Overview of the Fourteenth Amendment......Page 55 The Slaughterhouse Cases......Page 56 The Due Process Clause......Page 57 Lochner v. New York......Page 58 Griswold v. Connecticut......Page 60 Conclusion......Page 62 Roe v. Wade......Page 64 Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey......Page 65 New Developments......Page 66 Lawrence v. Texas......Page 68 Same-Sex Marriage......Page 70 Background......Page 73 Korematsu v. United States......Page 75 Brown v. Board of Education......Page 76 Brown v. Board of Education II......Page 77 Conclusion......Page 79 Lecture 9–  The Affirmative Action Conundrum......Page 82 Regents of the University of California v. Bakke......Page 83 Powell’s Conclusion......Page 84 Grutter v. Bollinger and Gratz v. Bollinger......Page 85 The Details of Grutter......Page 86 The Details of Gratz......Page 87 Fisher v. University of Texas......Page 88 Conclusion......Page 89 Lecture 10–  Sex Discrimination and Women’s Rights......Page 92 An Ongoing Struggle......Page 93 Reed v. Reed......Page 94 Craig v. Boren......Page 95 United States v. Virginia......Page 96 Conclusion......Page 98 Justiciability Doctrines......Page 100 Standing Doctrine in Practice......Page 101 The Injury Prong......Page 102 The Redressablity Prong......Page 103 Sovereign Immunity......Page 104 Deferring Courts......Page 105 Conclusion......Page 106 Lecture 12–  The Politics of Constitutional Law......Page 109 Judicial Nominees......Page 110 Garland’s Nomination......Page 111 Politics and Constitutional Law......Page 112 The Constitution and Politics......Page 113 Changing the Constitution......Page 114 Conclusion......Page 115 Bibliography......Page 117 Image Credits......Page 122