Con Law II
Skeletal Outline
I.
II.
III.
The Structure of Rights
A.
Fourteenth Amendment Basics (The Slaughterhouse Cases)
B.
Incorporation
C.
State Actor Doctrine
Economic Rights
A.
History (Lochner through Williamson v. Lee Optical)
B.
Economic Substantive Due Process
C.
Contracts Clause
D.
Takings Clause
E.
Procedural Due Process
Equal Protection
A.
Forms of Rational Basis Review (Moreno; Cleburne; Romer v. Evans)
B.
Race Discrimination
C.
D.
1.
Strict Scrutiny
2.
Disparate Impact Analysis (Washington v. Davis; Arlington Heights)
3.
Affirmative Action
Gender Discrimination
1.
Determining the Level of Review (Frontiero)
2.
Intermediate Scrutiny
Other Forms of Discrimination
1.
Alienage (Plyler v. Doe)
2.
Age
IV.
Fundamental Rights
A.
V.
Substantive Due Process Fundamental Rights
1.
Family Rights
2.
Sexual Privacy Rights
3.
Reproductive Rights
B.
Right to Vote
C.
Right to Access the Courts
D.
(Non) Right to Education
Free Speech
A.
Content-Based and Viewpoint-Based Restrictions
B.
Overbreadth and Vagueness
C.
Government Speech
D.
Prior Restraint on Speech
1.
Licenses and Permits
2.
Judicial Restrictions
E.
Compelled Speech
F.
Forms of Unprotected Speech
G.
1.
Incitement
2.
Fighting Words
3.
Obscenity
Forms of Lesser Protected Speech
1.
Lewd and Indecent Speech
2.
Commercial Speech
3.
Libel and Slander
H.
Conduct as Speech
I.
Campaign Finance
J.
Forum Analysis
1.
Public Forum and Designated Public Forum
2.
Limited Public Forum
K.
Student Speech
L.
Government Employee Speech
VI.
Free Association
VII.
Free Press
VIII. Free Exercise
IX.
A.
Broadly applicable, neutral government action
B.
Discriminatory government action
C.
The “play in the joints”
Establishment Clause
A.
The Lemon Test
B.
The Endorsement Test
C.
The Coercion Test
D.
The History Test