Constitutional Law -- POL 3323 -- Syllabus 2007 Spring
Professor: Richard Gambitta, Ph.D.
§001 and §901 Simultaneous Learning Seminars
Offices: UTSA Downtown Campus - BV 4.356, Institute for Law & Public Affairs, & at the 1604 Campus - MS 4.02.40
Class: MTWR 11:00 - 12:15 Rooms: §001 BB 3.04.06 § 901Frio St Building FS 2.506
Office Hours: MW 9-10. & 2-3:00pm & by appointment Phones: X 2990 & 5883 Fax: 458-2993/4629
E-mail: richard.gambitta@utsa.edu - please email professor by this email rather than through WebCT
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
constitutional law, analysis, and interpretation. The course requires voluminous, careful, and critical reading by all students.
Attendance in class is mandatory. Failure to attend class will result in a lower final grade. The course provides the
opportunity for students to hone analytical, critical-reading, and communication skills. Doing well in this course demands
extraordinary 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, explore contingencies, and view precedence both
retrospectively, in terms of consistency, and prospectively, in terms of consequences. 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, discussion, Socratic method, reactive blasting, etc.
In this course, students will examine the U.S. Constitution through detailed analyses of constitutional case-law, 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 those rights possessed by
individuals which governments are not to abridge; (e) study the important political and social context of judicial decisionmaking 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.
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. 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 and the professor’s website (both linked above) to secure information pertinent to
class. Students are expected to e-correspond 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 (* 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
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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 2005-6 and 2006-7 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.
The professor may cut cases where time demands it, entirely for the benefit of student sanity. He will add cases when
necessary, entirely for student edification generally as a result of class interactions and ongoing Supreme Court decisions.
The schedule of case discussions is not set in concrete, but, in general, students should be prepared ahead of the instructor
by eight to ten cases. We start slow, but build speed and momentum. Let’s have a great semester of learning.
Value___
Course Requirements:
Quizzes, briefs, or short essays (in class or take-home)
10%
First Examination
40%
Second Examination
40%
Class Participation (Grades A to F)
10%
Attendance
priceless
Course Texts & Required Readings:
Ducat, Craig Constitutional Interpretation (8th edition)
Findlaw Project, findlaw.com 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/
All readings placed on or linked through Website or WebCT or placed on reserve for this class.
Individual readings to particular students assigned by the professor; textbook placed on reserve.
Suggested Readings and Listening and Research Tools
General:
Horn Books:
Goldman, Jerry
Hall, Kermit (ed.)
Hall, Kermit (ed.)
Nowak, Rotunda, Young (eds.)
Tribe, Lawrence
Interpretation; Carter, Leif
Tribe, L.
Dorf, M.
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
Constitutional Law
American Constitutional Law
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
Constitutional Law Center,
http://supreme.findlaw.com/
U.S. Supreme Court Justice,
http://www2.cybernex.net/~vanalst/supreme.html
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
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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
Continued: Research and background assignments through the following websites
Federalist Society Conservative Libertarian Pre-Law Reading List http://www.fedsoc.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/
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
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First Assignment: The U.S. Constitution (Read it in one sitting!)
Marbury v. Madison, 5 U.S. (1 Cranch) 137 (1803)
p4
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
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
Sanford v. Scott, 60 U.S. (19 How.) 393 (1857) [2nd exercise of fed. jud. rev.](Taney Decision) 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
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
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_
Martin v. Hunter's Lessee, 14 U.S. (__ Wheat.) 304 (1816) [fed ct. rev. over state civil ct. action] p 19
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=US&vol=14&page=308
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] p 18, 96
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_
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Cooper v. Aaron 358 U.S. 1 (1958) [fed ct. jud. rev. over state executive action]
p 1138
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
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U.S. v. Carolene Products, 304 U.S. 144 (1938) [focus on footnote 4 of decision] p 91
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
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Ex Parte McCardle, 74 U.S. 506 (1869) [appellate jurisdiction of Supreme Court]
p 24
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=US&vol=74&page=506
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 on Judicial Self Restraints.
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Muskrat v. U.S., 219 U.S. 346 (1911) [case & controversy, advisory opinions & necessary adverseness] p 40
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=US&vol=219&page=346
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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
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/
Allen v. Wright, 468 U.S. 737 (1984) (standing)
p 47
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
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)
p56
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)
(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
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
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
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
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)
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)
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.)
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=US&vol=395&page=486
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 60
p 58
p 105
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Heart of Atlanta Motel v. U.S., 379 U.S. 241 (1964)
p 294
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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. Decided May 17, 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. Gonzalez 545 U.S. 1 (2005)
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
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_
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
Religious Freedom Restoration Act:
http://religiousfreedom.lib.virginia.edu/sacred/RFRA1993.html
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City of Boerne v. Flores, 117 U.S. 2517 (1997)
p 119
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
Bush v Gore 531 U.S. 531 U.S. 98 (2000)
p 1220/1
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
FIRST EXAMINATION
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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Rumsfeld v. Padilla, 542 U.S. 426 (2004)
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=US&navby=case&vol=000&invol=03-1027
http://www.oyez.org/cases/case/?case=2000-2009/2003/2003_03_1027
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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
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Hamdi v. Padilla, 542 U.S. 507 (2004)
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=US&navby=case&vol=000&invol=03-6696
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
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Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, 548 U.S. ___ (2006)
http://supreme.justia.com/scripts/search?q=cache:z3hdTzKqcbc:http://supreme.justia.com/us/newcases/05184.pdf+hamdan&restrict=ussc&ie=&site=justia_collection&output=xml_no_dtd&client=justia_collectio
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http://www.oyez.org/cases/case/?case=2000-2009/2005/2005_05_184
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamdan_v._Rumsfeld
U.S. court of appeals, D.C. Circuit ruling
http://pacer.cadc.uscourts.gov/docs/common/opinions/200507/04-5393a.pdf
Background website dedicated to Hamdan v. Rumsfeld case, with briefs and links
http://www.hamdanvrumsfeld.com/index
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Myers v. U.S., 272 U.S. 52 (1926)
p 178
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
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
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
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
U.S. v. Nixon, 418 U.S. 683 (1974)
p 222
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
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
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
N.Y. Times v. U.S., 403 U.S. 713 (1971)
p 940
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
I.N.S. v. Chadha, 462 U.S. 919 (1983)
p 137
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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)
p 707
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=US&vol=381&page=479
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
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
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
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
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
Thornburgh v. American College of Obstetricians, 476 U.S. 747, 106 S.Ct. 2169 (1986) p 720
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
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Webster v. Reproductive Services, 492 U.S. 490 (1989)
p 720
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
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
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
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
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, Docket Number: 04-1144, Decided Jan. 18, 2006
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=US&navby=case&vol=000&invol=04-1144
http://www.oyez.org/cases/case/?case=2000-2009/2005/2005_04_1144
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
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, No. 02-102 (2003)
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/
Cruzan by Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Dept. of Public Health, 497 U.S. 261 (1990)
p 764
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
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
Gonzalez v. Oregon Docket No. 04-623 decided January 16, 2006
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=US&navby=case&vol=000&invol=04-623
http://www.oyez.org/cases/case/?case=2000-2009/2005/2005_04_623
Second Examination
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