Constitutional Law -- POL 3323
Professor: Richard Gambitta, Ph.D.
Offices: UTSA Downtown Campus - BV 4.356, Institute for Law & Public Affairs, & at the 1604 Campus - MS 4.02.40
Class: TR 12:30-1:45 Rooms: @ BB 3.04.06 & @ FS 2.506
Office Hours: MR 11-11:30 & 2:30-3:30, appointments anytime; Phones: 458-2990/5608 Fax: -2993
E-mail: richard.gambitta@utsa.edu - please write professor at this email address rather than in WebCT email
Websites: Dr. Gambitta http://colfa.utsa.edu/users/rgambitta/
Institute for Law and Public Affairs: http://utsa.edu/ilpa/
WebCT: https://webct.utsa.edu/webct/ticket/ticketLogin?action=print_login&request_uri=/webct/homearea/homearea%3F
Professor Gambitta designed this course in constitutional law for students who want a rigorous examination
of the constitutional law, analysis, and interpretation and their impact on governing. The course requires
voluminous, careful, and critical comprehensive reading by all students. Attendance in class is mandatory.
Failure to attend class is not acceptable and will result in a lower grade—i.e. over two unexcused absences
and you will get the grade that your actual average deserves. I do this because it has occurred to me over the
years that not attending class results in lost potentials and in grades of Cs or Ds or Fs, and for no other
reason than students did not attend and participate in class.
The course provides the opportunity for students to hone analytical, critical-reading, and communication
skills. Doing well in this course demands high motivation, heavy concentration, sustained dedication, and
active participation. Students must be prepared to present and discuss the analysis of caselaw in each
class. Lack of preparation is unacceptable. In this course, students must have not only a thorough
understanding of the cases, law, and judicial rationale, but also must analyze the law, reflect on legal and
empirical implications of the holdings, appreciate concurrences and dissents, explore contingencies, and view
precedence both retrospectively, in terms of consistency, and prospectively, in terms of the consequences of
the holdings and rationales related to possible future fact patterns. The course has a unique electronic
syllabus, designed to facilitate student access to information. The professor will call on students whether or
not they volunteer to answer. Other students should benefit from your comments and questions in class. This
is a collective enterprise, so contribute—otherwise you are not pulling your load. You are given a grade for
class participation. The professor will use different modes of teaching ranging from lecture to discussion, to
Socratic method, to facilitating student interaction, to reactive blasting, etc.
In this course, students will examine the U.S. Constitution through detailed analyses of constitutional
caselaw, the history and politics of litigation, and the policy impact of judicial decisions. We shall examine
federal and state statutory law and the Texas Constitution as they pertain to selected cases. We shall focus on
several U.S. Supreme Court Justices, their decisions, judicial and political philosophies, and behavior, also.
The objectives of this course include having students: (a) gain a sophisticated understanding of the modes of
constitutional interpretation in the U.S. system of government; (b) learn the constitutional powers and
limitations associated with the three branches of government; (c) understand the respective powers of the
states and the national government; (d) assess the nature, extent, and importance of the rights possessed by
individuals which governments are not to abridge; (e) study the important political and social context of
judicial decision-making and the impact of court decisions in the ongoing policy processes of the U.S.; and
(f) analyze arguments, criticize arguments, create arguments, draw reasoned conclusions, and communicate
diverse positions effectively. This is not too much to ask of students that actually want an education.
Students are to conduct themselves professionally at all times. The successful teaching of this class requires
extensive classroom interaction. Students are to treat others respectfully if criticizing others’ viewpoints.
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Students must adhere to the highest standards of honor in all matters related to scholarship. The professor
condemns and prohibits any form of plagiarism, cheating, or other unfair, unethical conduct and will
prosecute occurrences according to UTSA rules (see Information bulletin).
Students are to refer to the WebCT site to secure information pertinent to class. Students are expected to ecorrespond with the professor and other students, and seek assistance when needed. Students are to contact
the professor at richard.gambitta@utsa.edu instead of the WebCT email.
Students should prepare to discuss all cases listed on the syllabus, but the focus in class and emphasis on
exams will be on those cases with one or two asterisks (i.e., * or **). Generally, the professor will conduct
extensive Socratic interactions on cases with two asterisks (**), discuss cases with one asterisk (*), and may
refer many times to cases without asterisks. Students are responsible for every case with one or two
asterisks and every case discussed or mentioned in class. The professor has given students multiple
citations to cases in the electronic syllabus. Students will find abridgements of the cases in the casebook.
Cases have citations to the U.S. Reports or equivalents and to findlaw.com or www.oyez.org/oyez/frontpage.
If you are reading this syllabus from a computer that is linked to the Internet, you can move directly
from the e-syllabus citation to the sites containing the full opinions, oral arguments, syllabi, abstracts,
or articles by clicking the active hot-linked citations. Many Supreme Court Reporters and U.S. Reports
are housed in our library’s reference room. Note that findlaw.com and www.oyez.org/oyez/frontpage are
interactive. The professor will make numerous assignments from websites as the course progresses. The
professor will bring oral arguments to class and assign "thinking assignments." Cases from the 2006-7 and
2008-9 terms may be included without notice throughout the course, though the syllabus contains some of
them already. Read your emails everyday and check for new messages on WebCT every two days. Students
who do not enjoy speaking in class may comment on WebCT, providing insights or questions for everyone to
share. Quizzes will be given when the professor believes participation lags. Plagiarism will not be tolerated,
will be discovered, and will be prosecuted. Students are on the highest honor system. We pursue a morality
of aspiration and reach new heights in achievement.
The professor may cut cases where time demands it, entirely for the benefit of student sanity. He will add
cases when he finds them relevant or necessary to illumination of concepts, methods, or substance. The order
of case discussions is not set in concrete, but, in general, students should be prepared ahead of the instructor
by five cases with asterisks. This class is focused on your performance on two major exams, which is part of
the pedagogy and mission associated with this course. This class will prove a challenge to all. We start slow,
but build speed and momentum. Let’s have a great semester of learning. The good in education resides in
both the journey and the culmination. This class is focused on your performance on two major exams, which
is part of the pedagogy and mission associated with this course.
Course Requirements:
Quizzes, briefs, & essays (in class or take-home)
First Examination
Final Examination
Class Participation (Grades A to F)
Attendance and preparation for class
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Course Texts & Required Readings:
Ducat, Craig Constitutional Interpretation (8th or 9th edition)
Findlaw Project, findlaw.com or better http://www.findlaw.com/casecode/supreme.html. This gives the full opinion of
court decisions, plus you can track statutes, etc.
The Oyez Project: U.S. Supreme Court Multimedia Database, www.oyez.org/oyez/frontpage
Justia, http://supreme.justia.com/
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All readings placed onto or linked through WebCT or RG Website or placed on reserve for this class.
Individual readings to particular students assigned by the professor; textbook placed on reserve.
Suggested Readings, Listenings, and Research Tools
Goldman, Jerry
Hall, Kermit (ed.)
Hall, Kermit (ed.)
Hall, Kermit
Horn Books: Nowak, Rotunda, Young (eds.)
Tribe, Lawrence
Peltason, Jack
Interpretation; Carter, Leif
Tribe, L.
Dorf, M.
General:
The Supreme Court's Greatest Hits (Audio, Computer CD)
Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States
Oxford Companion to U.S. Supreme Court Decisions
Shaping Justice (audio CDs)
Constitutional Law
American Constitutional Law
Understanding the Constitution
Constitutional Interpretation
On Reading the Constitution
Constitutional Law Stories
Research and background assignments through the following websites (become familiar with them now!):
Articles of Confederation & U.S. Constitution, http://www.usconstitution.net/articles.html
History of Constitutional Convention, Library of Congress, http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/bdsds/
U.S. Constitution
http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress/senate/constitution/toc.html
U.S. Constitution (search by word)
http://www.usconstitution.net/const.html
U.S. Constitution
http://www.law.emory.edu/FEDERAL/conpict.html
Court Systems: Federal Courts
http://public.findlaw.com/library/legal-system/federal-courts.html Constitutional Law
Center
http://supreme.findlaw.com/
U.S. Supreme Court Justice
http://www2.cybernex.net/~vanalst/supreme.html
Legal terms:
Federal Judicial Process in Brief:
Inside the Federal Courts:
http://www.uscourts.gov/understand02/content_9_0.html
http://www.uscourts.gov/understand02/content_6_0.html
http://www.fjc.gov/federal/courts.nsf
Federalist Paper,
http://www.law.emory.edu/FEDERAL/
Federalist Papers
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/const/fed/fedpapers.html
Anti-Federalist Paper,
http://www.constitution.org/afp/afp.htm
Federalism Link,
http://www.infidels.org/~nap/index.federalism.html
U.S. Supreme Court Opinions, U.S. Code, Appellate Court Decision,
http://findlaw.com/
The Oyez Project: U.S. Supreme Court Multimedia Database
www.oyez.org/oyez/frontpage
Legal Information Institute, Cornell University
http://www.law.cornell.edu/index.html
Avalon Project of Yale Law School, historical http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/avalon.htm
Legal Information Institute’s Current U.S. Supreme Court Awareness
http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/
LLI Eye on Courts
http://www.law.cornell.edu/focus/liieye.htm
Jamail Center for Legal Research, Tarlton Law Library, UT School of Law
http://www.law.utexas.edu
Texas Legal Materials http://www.law.utexas.edu/texas/ or http://www.law.cornell.edu/states/texas.html#opinions
State Constitutions http://www.louisville.edu/library/ekstrom/govpubs/goodsources/history/constitution/stateconstitution.html
Understanding the Federal Courts http://www.uscourts.gov/understanding_courts/899_toc.htm
Justice Ginsberg on Supreme Court Procedures http://gos.sbc.edu/g/ginsburg.html
Congressional Statutes passed since 1973
http://thomas.loc.gov/home/thomas2.html
Center for the Study of Federalism
http://www.temple.edu/federalism/
Tarlton Library (Texas) Constitutions
http://www.law.utexas.edu/constitutions/index2.html
Texas Handbook Online
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online
Voting Rights
http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/voting/
My Capitol.com provides links to Texas & U.S. Legislatures, etc. http://www.mycapitol.com
The Civil Rights Project, Harvard University
http://www.harvard.edu/groups/civilrights/
Center for Individual Rights
http://www.cir-usa.org
American Civil Liberties Union
http://www.aclu.org
Federalist Society
http://www.fed-soc.org/Publications/readinglist/readinglist.htm
Federalist Society Conservative Libertarian Pre-Law Reading List http://www.fed-soc.org/Publications/readinglist/readinglist.htm
International Humanitarian Law (Law Of War) http://news.findlaw.com/legalnews/lit/iraq/laws.html
The Supreme Court Historical Society
http://www.supremecourthistory.org/
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Touro Law Education Library
http://www.tourolaw.edu/library_uscoa_2nd_circuit/internet_resources/legal.asp#courts
The Center for Information Law and Policy
http://www.infoctr.edu/fwl/
The Federal Web Locator (FWL)
http://www.infoctr.edu/fwl/
FWL Quick Links Locator:
http://www.infoctr.edu/fwl/#jumps
Jurist
Legal Intelligence for an Educated Society (Univ. of Pittsburgh School of Law)
http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/index.php
Jurist L.I. Paper Chase (Contemporary News on Law)
http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/index.htm
Jurist L.I. Links to Law Reviews
http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/lawrev.htm
Jurist L.I. Links to Legal Video
http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/live.htm
Peoples Republic of China’s Constitution, Comparative http://www.usconstitution.net/china.html
The Constitution & Judicial Review, Powers, and Limits
First Assignment: The U.S. Constitution (Read it in one sitting! Then re-read it and re-read it…)
In general, read Chapter 1, pages 1-74. Professor Gambitta will focus on the following cases,
somewhat in this order (famous last words.) In general, read the textbook sections which deal with the
cases for each week below. The professor expects you to know “everything” associated with the
readings about these cases. The professor will ask questions on the cases, and you should know the
facts leading to the case, the issue, holding, rationale, and significant concurring or dissenting opinions.
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Marbury v. Madison, 5 U.S. (1 Cranch) 137 (1803)
p 4/4
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=US&vol=5&page=137
http://www.oyez.org/cases/case/?case=1792-1850/1803/1803_
http://www.landmarkcases.org/marbury/home.html
(see statute on WebCT- Judiciary Act of 1789, § 13)
Response by Thomas Jefferson through correspondence to Marshall’s arguments in Marbury:
http://www.landmarkcases.org/marbury/jefferson.html
Eakin v. Raub, 12 S & Rawle (Penns) [alternate interpretation to Marbury]
p 13/14
Sanford v. Scott, 60 U.S. (19 How.) 393 (1857) [2nd exercise of jud. rev. over federal statute]
(C.J.Taney Decision only, for now) p 26, 96
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=US&vol=60&page=393
http://www.oyez.org/cases/case/?case=1851-1900/1856/1856_
Schenck v. U.S., 249 U.S. 47 (1919) [sustaining a federal statute & designing a legal “test”] p 781/784
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=US&vol=249&page=47
http://www.oyez.org/cases/case/?case=1901-1939/1918/1918_437
Fletcher v. Peck, 10 U.S. (6 Cranch) 87 (1810) [fed ct. jud. rev. over state leg. act]
p 415/412
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=US&vol=10&page=87
http://www.oyez.org/cases/case/?case=1792-1850/1810/1810_
Trustees of Dartmouth College v. Woodward 17 U.S. 518 (1819) (DEFER DISCUSSION) p 417/414
Martin v. Hunter's Lessee, 14 U.S. (__ Wheat.) 304 (1816) [fed ct. rev. over state civil ct. action]
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=US&vol=14&page=308 p 19/19
http://www.oyez.org/cases/case/?case=1792-1850/1816/1816_
Cohens v. Virginia, 19 U.S. (__ Wheat.) 264 (1821) [fed ct. jud. rev. over state crim. ct. action]
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=US&vol=19&page=264
http://www.oyez.org/cases/case/?case=1792-1850/1821/1821_
Cooper v. Aaron 358 U.S. 1 (1958) [fed ct. jud. rev. over state executive action]
p 1138/1142
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=US&vol=358&page=1
http://www.oyez.org/cases/case/?case=1950-1959/1958/1958_1
U.S. v. Carolene Products, 304 U.S. 144 (1938) [focus on footnote 4 of decision, only] p 91/86
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=US&vol=304&page=144
http://www.oyez.org/cases/case/?case=1901-1939/1937/1937_640
Ex Parte McCardle, 74 U.S. 506 (1869) [appellate jurisdiction of Supreme Court]
p 24/23
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=US&vol=74&page=506
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http://www.oyez.org/cases/case/?case=1851-1900/1868/1868__2
Justice Ginsberg on Supreme Court Procedures, http://gos.sbc.edu/g/ginsburg.html
Modes of Constitutional Interpretation addressed preliminarily.
**Read Handout or Assignment on “Judicial Self Restraints” and see WebCT for details.
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Muskrat v. U.S., 219 U.S. 346 (1911) [case & controversy, advisory opinions & necessary adverseness]
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=US&vol=219&page=346 p 40/41
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De Funis v. Odegaard, 416 U.S. 312 (1974)
(mootness)
p 39,43,44
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=US&vol=416&page=312
http://www.oyez.org/cases/case/?case=1970-1979/1973/1973_73_235
Ashwander v. T.V.A., 297 U.S. 288 (1935) (assess Brandeis’ summary of jud. restraints) p 58/55
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=US&vol=297&page=288
http://www.oyez.org/cases/case/?case=1901-1939/1935/1935_404
National Treasury Employees Union v. U.S. 101 F. 3d 1423, U.S. Ct. of Appeals, DC, (1996) (ripeness) p 45
http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/case/61/
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Allen v. Wright, 468 U.S. 737 (1984) (standing)
p 47/48
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=US&vol=468&page=737
http://www.oyez.org/cases/case/?case=1980-1989/1983/1983_81_757
City of Los Angeles v. Lyons, 453 U.S. 1308 (1981)
p 54/49
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=453&invol=1308
http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/case/213/
Doe v. Bush U.S. Court of Appeals, 1st Circuit, 323 F. 3d 133 2003 (Ripeness)
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=1st&navby=case&no=031266&exact=1
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Frothingham (Massachusetts) v. Mellon, 262 U.S. 447 (1923) (taxpayer standing)
p 56
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=US&vol=262&page=447
http://www.oyez.org/cases/case/?case=1901-1939/1922/1922_24
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Flast v. Cohen, 392 U.S. 83 (1968)
(taxpayer standing master the double nexus test) p 56
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=US&vol=392&page=83
http://www.oyez.org/cases/case/?case=1960-1969/1967/1967_416
Warth v. Seldin, 422 U.S. 490 (1975) (standing)
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=US&vol=422&page=490
http://www.oyez.org/cases/case/?case=1970-1979/1974/1974_73_2024
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DaimlerChrysler Corp. v. Cuno 547 U.S. ___ (2006)
(standing)
p 50
Sierra Club v. Morton, 405 U.S. 727 (1972) (standing)
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=US&vol=405&page=727
http://www.oyez.org/cases/case/?case=1970-1979/1971/1971_70_34
Laird v. Tatum, 408 U.S. 1 (1972)
(standing and ripeness)
p 12/13
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=US&vol=408&page=1
http://www.oyez.org/cases/case/?case=1970-1979/1971/1971_71_288
Schlesinger v. Reservists Committee to Stop the War, 418 U.S. 208 (1974) (standing, etc.) p 57,77 / 53,74
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=US&vol=418&page=208
http://www.oyez.org/cases/case/?case=1970-1979/1973/1973_72_1188
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U.S. v. Richardson, 418 U.S. 166 (1974)
(standing, political questions, etc.)
p 57/53
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=US&vol=418&page=166
http://www.oyez.org/cases/case/?case=1970-1979/1973/1973_72_885
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Coleman v. Miller, 307 U.S. 433 (1939) (political questions & amendment process)
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http://caselaw.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=307&invol=433
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Baker v. Carr, 369 U.S. 186 (1962)
(political questions)
p 60/1235
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=369&invol=186
http://www.oyez.org/cases/case/?case=1960-1969/1960/1960_6
Powell v. McCormack 395 U.S. 486 (1969) (political questions, mootness, etc.)
p 58/55
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=US&vol=395&page=486
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http://www.oyez.org/cases/case/?case=1960-1969/1968/1968_138
U.S. Term Limits, Inc. v. Thornton, 514 U.S. 779 (1995)
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=000&invol=U10278
http://www.oyez.org/cases/case/?case=1990-1999/1994/1994_93_1456
Walter Nixon v. United States, 506 U.S. 224 (1993)
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=506&invol=224
http://www.oyez.org/cases/case/?case=1990-1999/1992/1992_91_740
p 105/104
Federalism & Congressional Powers & Limitations
Introduction of Congressional Powers
Overall Readings for Section -- Ducat p 79-158, 270-277, and assigned cases:
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McCulloch v. Maryland, 17 U.S. 316 (1819)
p 107/106
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=US&vol=17&page=316
http://www.oyez.org/cases/case/?case=1792-1850/1819/1819_
South Carolina v. Katzenbach 383 U.S. 301 (1966)
p 113/112
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=search&court=US&case=/us/383/301.html
http://www.oyez.org/cases/case/?case=1960-1969/1965/1965_22_orig
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Gibbons v. Ogden, 22 U.S. 1 (1824)
p 278/274
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=US&vol=22&page=1
http://www.oyez.org/cases/case/?case=1792-1850/1824/1824_
Stafford v. Wallace, 258 U.S. 495 (1922)
p 284/279
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=US&vol=258&page=495
http://www.oyez.org/cases/case/?case=1901-1939/1921/1921_687
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Champion v. Ames, 188 U.S. 321 (1903)
p 288/283
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=188&invol=321
http://www.oyez.org/cases/case/?case=1851-1900/1900/1900_2
Brooks v. U.S., 267 U.S. 432 (1927)
p 292/287
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=US&vol=267&page=432
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Houston, East West TX Rail. Co. v. U.S., 234 U.S. 342 (1914)
p 286/281
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=234&invol=342
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Hammer v. Dagenhart, 247 U.S. 251 (1918)
p 304/299
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=247&invol=251
http://www.oyez.org/cases/case/?case=1901-1939/1917/1917_704
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Schechter Poultry Corp. v. U.S., 295 U.S. 495 (1935)
p 133/131
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=295&invol=495
http://www.oyez.org/cases/case/?case=1901-1939/1934/1934_854
Panama Refining Co. v. Ryan, 293 U.S. 388 (1935)
p 132/131
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=us&vol=293&invol=388
Carter v. Carter Coal Co., 298 U.S. 238 (1936)
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=US&vol=298&page=238
http://www.oyez.org/cases/case/?case=1901-1939/1935/1935_636
NLRB v. Laughlin Steel 301 U.S. 1 (1937)
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=US&navby=case&vol=301&invol=1
http://www.oyez.org/cases/case/?case=1901-1939/1936/1936_419
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U.S. v. Darby, 312 U.S. 100 (1941)
p 323/317
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=US&vol=312&page=100
http://www.oyez.org/cases/case/?case=1940-1949/1940/1940_82
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Wickard v. Filburn, 317 U.S. 111 (1942)
p 324/318
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=US&vol=317&page=111
http://www.oyez.org/cases/case/?case=1940-1949/1942/1942_59
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Heart of Atlanta Motel v. U.S., 379 U.S. 241 (1964)
p 294/289
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=US&vol=379&page=241
http://www.oyez.org/cases/case/?case=1960-1969/1964/1964_515
Katzenbach v. McClung, 379 U.S. 294 (1964)
p 297/289
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=US&vol=379&page=294
http://www.oyez.org/cases/case/?case=1960-1969/1964/1964_543
National League of Cities v. Usery, 426 U.S. 833 (1976)
p 328/321
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=426&invol=833
http://www.oyez.org/cases/case/?case=1970-1979/1974/1974_74_878
Garcia v. SAMTA, 469 U.S. 528 (1985)
p 328/322
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/cgibin/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=469&invol=528
http://www.oyez.org/cases/case/?case=1980-1989/1983/1983_82_1913
Steward Machine Co. v. Davis, 301 U.S. 548 (1937)
p 353/351
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=US&vol=301&page=548
http://www.oyez.org/cases/case/?case=1901-1939/1936/1936_837
South Dakota v. Dole, 483 U.S. 203 (1987)
p 358/356
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=483&invol=203
http://www.oyez.org/cases/case/?case=1980-1989/1986/1986_86_260
Gregory v. Ashcroft, 501 U.S. 452 (1991)
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=US&vol=501&page=452
http://www.oyez.org/cases/case/?case=1990-1999/1990/1990_90_50
New York v. United States, 505 U.S. 144 (1992)
p 376/373
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=505&invol=144
http://www.oyez.org/cases/case/?case=1990-1999/1991/1991_91_543
U.S. v. Lopez, 514 U.S. 549, 115 S.Ct. 1624 (1995)
p 328/322
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=000&invol=U10287
http://www.oyez.org/cases/case/?case=1990-1999/1994/1994_93_1260
Printz v. United States, 117 S.Ct. 2365 (1997)
p 382/378
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=000&invol=95-1478
http://www.oyez.org/cases/case/?case=1990-1999/1996/1996_95_1478
U.S. v. Morrison 529 U.S. 598 (2000)
p 332/326
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=us&vol=000&invol=99-5
http://www.oyez.org/cases/case/?case=1990-1999/1999/1999_99_5
Mistretta v. U.S, 488 U. S. 361 (1989)
p 146
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=US&vol=488&page=361
http://www.oyez.org/cases/case/?case=1980-1989/1988/1988_87_7028
Sabri v. U.S. 541 U.S. 600 (2004)
http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/03-44.ZO.html
http://www.oyez!.org/cases/case/?case=2000-2009/2003/2003_03_44
Raich v. Gonzales 545 U.S. 1 (2005)
p 331
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=US&navby=case&vol=000&invol=03-1454
http://www.oyez.org/cases/case/?case=2000-2009/2004/2004_03_1454
Then read from the textbook Raich v. Gonzales 500 F.2d 850
(don’t dwell on this yet) p 761
(Midterm Examination should be about at this point in the course. TBA)
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City of Boerne v. Flores, 117 U.S. 2517 (1997)
p 119/117
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=000&invol=95-2074
http://www.oyez.org/cases/case/?case=1990-1999/1996/1996_95_2074
Charles River Bridge v. Warren Bridge, 36 U.S. 420 (1837)
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=us&vol=36+&page=420
http://www.oyez.org/cases/case/?case=1792-1850/1836/1836_
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Kelo v. City of New London, No. 04-108, Decided June 23, 2005
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=US&navby=case&vol=000&invol=04-108
http://www.oyez.org/cases/case/?case=2000-2009/2004/2004_04_108
Bush v Gore 531 U.S. 531 U.S. 98 (2000)
p 1220-1/1229
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=us&vol=000&invol=00-949
http://www.oyez.org/cases/case/?case=2000-2009/2000/2000_00_949
Executive Branch Powers and Limits
Executive Branch
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The Prize Cases, 67 U.S. 635, 17 L. Ed. 459 (1863)
p 193/184
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=US&vol=67&page=635
http://www.oyez.org/cases/case/?case=1851-1900/1862/1862_
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In re Neagle, 135 U.S. 1 (1890)
p 200/189
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=US&vol=135&page=1
http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/case/182/
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Ex Parte Milligan, 71 U.S. (Wall.) 2 (1866)
p 194/185
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=US&vol=71&page=2
http://www.oyez.org/cases/case/?case=1851-1900/1865/1865_
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Korematsu v. U.S., 323 U.S. 214 (1944)
p 201/190
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=US&vol=323&page=214
http://www.oyez.org/cases/case/?case=1940-1949/1944/1944_22
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/8420/timeline.html (Timeline with detailed research on Japanese Internment
and history of relevant WWII events.)
(Tape shown outside of class on Japanese Relocation Centers and the impact of the episode.)
http://www.aclunc.org/aclunews/news298/korematsu.html Fred Korematsu given Medal of Freedom.
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Youngstown Sheet and Tube v. Sawyer, 343 U.S. 579 (1952)
p 209/198
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=US&vol=343&page=579
http://www.oyez.org/cases/case/?case=1950-1959/1951/1951_744
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George W. Bush and the Concept of the Unilateral Presidency, et al.
p 254-266
U.S. Patriot Act (The Act and materials pertaining to it...)
http://www.eff.org/Privacy/Surveillance/Terrorism/20011025_hr3162_usa_patriot_bill.html
http://www.epic.org/privacy/terrorism/hr3162.html
http://www.aclu.org/SafeandFree/SafeandFree.cfm?ID=12126&c=207
http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/01/26/patriot.act.ap/
http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/05/28/computer.terrorism.ap/index.html
Rumsfeld v. Padilla, 542 U.S. 426 (2004)
p 44
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=US&navby=case&vol=000&invol=03-1027
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http://www.oyez.org/cases/case/?case=2000-2009/2003/2003_03_1027
Rasul v. Bush, et al., 542 U.S. 466 (2004)
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=US&navby=case&vol=000&invol=03-334
http://www.oyez.org/cases/case/?case=2000-2009/2003/2003_03_334
Oral argument also available through: http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/
and at rtsp://video.c-span.org/project/spec/spec042004_sc.rm
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld, 542 U.S. 507 (2004)
p 251
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=US&navby=case&vol=000&invol=03-6696
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http://www.oyez.org/cases/case/?case=2000-2009/2003/2003_03_6696
Tenet et al. v. Doe et ux. No. 03-1395.Argued January 11, 2005--Decided March 2, 2005
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=US&navby=case&vol=000&invol=03-1395
http://www.oyez.org/cases/case/?case=2000-2009/2004/2004_03_1395
Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, 548 U.S. ___ (2006)
p 252
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http://supreme.justia.com/us/548/05-184/
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=000&invol=05-184
http://www.oyez.org/cases/case/?case=2000-2009/2005/2005_05_184
U.S. court of appeals, D.C. Circuit ruling http://pacer.cadc.uscourts.gov/docs/common/opinions/200507/045393a.pdf
Background website dedicated to Hamdan v. Rumsfeld case, with briefs and links
http://www.hamdanvrumsfeld.com/index
Military Commissions Act 2006
p 259-263
Boumediene v. Bush (2008) discussed in text as fed app ct opinion 476 F3d 981
p 254
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Myers v. U.S., 272 U.S. 52 (1926)
p 178/170
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=US&vol=272&page=52
http://www.oyez.org/cases/case/?case=1901-1939/1924/1924_2
Humphrey's Executor v. U. S., 295 U.S. 602 (1935)
p 183/174
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=US&vol=295&page=602
http://www.oyez.org/cases/case/?case=1901-1939/1934/1934_667
Wiener v. U.S., 357 U.S. 349 (1958)
p 184/175
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=357&invol=349
http://www.oyez.org/cases/case/?case=1950-1959/1957/1957_52
Elrod v. Burns, 427 U.S. 347 (1976)
p 906/908
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=427&invol=347
http://www.oyez.org/cases/case/?case=1970-1979/1975/1975_74_1520
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N.Y. Times v. U.S., 403 U.S. 713 (1971)
p 940/945
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=US&vol=403&page=713
http://www.oyez.org/cases/case/?case=1970-1979/1970/1970_1873
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U.S. v. Nixon, 418 U.S. 683 (1974)
p 222/211
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=US&vol=418&page=683
http://www.oyez.org/cases/case/?case=1970-1979/1974/1974_73_1766
Morrison v. Olson, 487 U.S. 654 (1988)
p 185/176
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=487&invol=654
http://www.oyez.org/cases/case/?case=1980-1989/1987/1987_87_1279
Clinton v. Jones, 117 S.Ct. 1636 (1997)
p 241/227
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=000&invol=95-1853
http://www.oyez.org/cases/case/?case=1990-1999/1996/1996_95_1853
Cheney, V.P. v U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=US&navby=case&vol=000&invol=03-475
http://www.oyez.org/cases/case/?case=2000-2009/2003/2003_03_475
I.N.S. v. Chadha, 462 U.S. 919 (1983)
p 137/133
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=462&invol=919
http://www.oyez.org/cases/case/?case=1980-1989/1981/1981_80_1832
Bowsher v. Synar, 478 U.S. 714 (1986)
p 144/141
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=478&invol=714
http://www.oyez.org/cases/case/?case=1980-1989/1985/1985_85_1377
Dellums v. Bush, 752 F. Supp. 1141 (D.D.C. 1990)
p 264/242
Raines v. Byrd, 117 S.Ct. 2312 (1997)
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=000&invol=96-1671
http://www.oyez.org/cases/case/?case=1990-1999/1996/1996_96_1671
Clinton v. New York, 118 S.Ct. 2091 (1998)
p 147/141
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=000&invol=97-1374
http://www.oyez.org/cases/case/?case=1990-1999/1997/1997_97_1374
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Penumbra, the Right to Contract, Privacy & Autonomous Choices
Right to Privacy, Right To Be Left Alone, Right of Autonomous Choice
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Jacobson v. Massachusetts 197 U.S.11 (1905)
p 365/363
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=search&linkurl=<%LINKURL%>&graphurl=<%GR
APHURL%>&court=US&case=/us/197/11.html
http://www.oyez.org/cases/case/?case=1901-1939/1904/1904_70
Lochner v. N.Y., 198 U.S. 45 (1905)
p 441/435
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=US&vol=198&page=45
http://www.oyez.org/cases/case/?case=1901-1939/1904/1904_292
Muller v. Oregon, 208 U.S. 412 (1908)
p 445/438
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=US&vol=208&page=412
http://www.oyez.org/cases/case/?case=1901-1939/1907/1907_107
Loving v. Virginia, 388 U.S. 1, 87 S.Ct. 1817 (1967)
p 706/715
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=US&vol=388&page=1
http://www.oyez.org/cases/case/?case=1960-1969/1966/1966_395
Stanley v. Georgia, 394 U.S. 557 (1969)
p 982/988
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=US&vol=394&page=557
http://www.oyez.org/cases/case/?case=1960-1969/1968/1968_293
Moore v. East Cleveland, 431 U.S. 494 (1977)
p 756
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=US&vol=431&page=494
http://www.oyez.org/cases/case/?case=1970-1979/1976/1976_75_6289
Zablocki v. Redhail, 434 U.S. 374 (1978)
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=US&vol=434&page=374
http://www.oyez.org/cases/case/?case=1970-1979/1977/1977_76_879
Buck v. Bell, 274 U.S. 200, 47 S.Ct. 584 (1927)
p 705/714-5
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=US&vol=274&page=200
http://www.oyez.org/cases/case/?case=1901-1939/1926/1926_292
Skinner v. Oklahoma, 316 U.S. 535, 62 S.Ct. 1110 (1942)
p 705/714
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=US&vol=316&page=535
http://www.oyez.org/cases/case/?case=1940-1949/1941/1941_782
Griswold v. Connecticut, 381 U.S. 479 (1965)
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=US&vol=381&page=479
p 707/716
http://www.oyez.org/cases/case/?case=1960-1969/1964/1964_496
Eisenstadt v. Baird 405 U.S. 438 (1972)
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=US&navby=case&vol=405&invol=438&friend=oyez
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http://www.oyez.org/cases/case/?case=1970-1979/1971/1971_70_17
Carey v. Population Services International 431 U.S. 678 (1977)
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=us&vol=431&page=678
http://www.oyez.org/cases/case/?case=1970-1979/1976/1976_75_443
Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S 113, 93 S.Ct. 705 (1973)
p 713/722
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=US&vol=410&page=113
http://www.oyez.org/cases/case/?case=1970-1979/1971/1971_70_18
Harris v. McRae, 448 U.S. 297 (1980)
p 744/750
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=US&vol=448&page=297
http://www.oyez.org/cases/case/?case=1970-1979/1979/1979_79_1268
Akron v. Akron Center for Reproductive Health, 462 U.S. 416, 13 S.Ct. 2481 (1983)
p 721/729
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=462&invol=416
http://www.oyez.org/cases/case/?case=1980-1989/1982/1982_81_746
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Thornburgh v. American College of Obstetricians, 476 U.S. 747, 106 S.Ct. 2169 (1986) p 720/729
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=476&invol=747
http://www.oyez.org/cases/case/?case=1980-1989/1985/1985_84_495
Webster v. Reproductive Services, 492 U.S. 490 (1989)
p 720/729
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=US&vol=492&page=490
http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/case/436/
Planned Parenthood of Southeastern PA v. Casey, 505 U.S. 833, 112 S.Ct. 2791 (1992) p 723/732
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=505&invol=833
http://www.oyez.org/cases/case/?case=1990-1999/1991/1991_91_744
Rust v. Sullivan, 500 U.S. 173, 111 S.Ct. 1759 (1991)
p 747/751
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=500&invol=173
http://www.oyez.org/cases/case/?case=1990-1999/1990/1990_89_1391
Mazurek v. Armstrong, 520 U.S. 968, 117 S.Ct. 1865 (1997)
http://www.oyez.org/cases/case/?case=1990-1999/1996/1996_96_1104
Kansas v. Hendricks, 117 S.Ct. 2072 (1997)
p 592/601
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=000&invol=95-1649
http://www.oyez.org/cases/case/?case=1990-1999/1996/1996_95_1649
Schenck v. Pro-Choice Network of Western New York, 117 S.Ct. 885 (1997)
p 831/832
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=000&invol=95-1065
http://www.oyez.org/cases/case/?case=1990-1999/1996/1996_95_1065
Ayotte v. Planned Parenthood of Northern New England, 546 U.S. ___ (2006) Docket Number: 04-1144
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=US&navby=case&vol=000&invol=04-1144
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http://www.oyez.org/cases/case/?case=2000-2009/2005/2005_04_1144
Gonzales v. Carhart, 550 U.S. ___ (2007); 127 S.Ct. 1610 (2007)
p 742
http://www.supremecourtus.gov/opinions/06pdf/05-380.pdf
http://www.oyez.org/cases/2000-2009/2006/2006_05_380/
Diamond v. Chakrabarty, 447 U.S. 303 (1980)
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=us&vol=447&page=303
http://www.oyez.org/cases/case/?case=1970-1979/1979/1979_79_136
Bowers v. Hardwick, 478 U.S. 186 (1986)
p 749/753
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=478&invol=186
http://www.oyez.org/cases/case/?case=1980-1989/1985/1985_85_140
Lawrence v. Texas, 539 U.S. 558 (2003)
p 753
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=US&navby=case&vol=000&invol=02-102
http://www.oyez.org/cases/case/?case=2000-2009/2002/2002_02_102
Oral Arg. Transcripts: http://www.supremecourtus.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/02-102.pdf
Legal Information Institute Links: http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/background/02-102_ref.htm
What is sodomy? Slate http://www.slate.com/id/2075271/
Steffan v. Perry 41 F.3d 677 (1994)
p 1312
Romer v. Evans 517 U.S. 620 (1996)
p 1317
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=us&vol=517&page=620
http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1995/1995_94_1039/
Cruzan by Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Dept. of Public Health, 497 U.S. 261 (1990)
p 764/765
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=497&invol=261
http://www.oyez.org/cases/case/?case=1980-1989/1989/1989_88_1503
The case of Terri Schiavo
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terri_Schiavo
Washington v. Glucksberg, 117 S.Ct. 2258 (1997)
p 765/766
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=000&invol=96-110
http://www.oyez.org/cases/case/?case=1990-1999/1996/1996_96_110
Gonzales v. Oregon 546 U.S. 243 (2006) [read pp 772 – 775]
p 773
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=US&navby=case&vol=000&invol=04-623
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http://www.oyez.org/cases/case/?case=2000-2009/2005/2005_04_623
Gonzales v. Raich 545 U.S. 1 (2005) and Raich v. Gonzales 500 F. 3d 830 [Refresh your memory from
coverage earlier]
p 331 & 761
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=US&navby=case&vol=000&invol=03-1454
http://www.oyez.org/cases/case/?case=2000-2009/2004/2004_03_1454
Final Examination Date: Wed, May 06, 10:30 am - 01:00 pm
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