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Previous edition: 2013.Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (2012)
Annotated Readings
Chapter 5: Freedom of Speech, Assembly, and Association
The Development of Legal Standards: The Emergence of Law in Times of Crisis
Schenck v. United States (1919)
Abrams v. United States (1919)
Gitlow v. New York (1925)
Dennis v. United States (1951)
Brandenburg v. Ohio (1969)
Contemporary Tests and Constitutional Guidelines
Content and Contexts
United States v. O’Brien (1968)
Texas v. Johnson (1989)
Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire (1942)
Cohen v. California (1971)
McCullen v. Coakley (2014)
Snyder v. Phelps (2011)
United States v. Alvarez (2012)
Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District (1969)
Morse v. Frederick (2007)
West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette (1943)
Rumsfeld v. Forum for Academic and Institutional Rights, Inc.
Part I: The Supreme Court and the Constitution
Chapter 1: Understanding the U.S. Supreme Court
Processing Supreme Court Cases
Supreme Court Decision Making: Legalism
Supreme Court Decision Making: Realism
Conducting Research on the Supreme Court
Annotated Readings
Chapter 2: The Judiciary: Institutional Powers and Constraints
Judicial Review
Marbury v. Madison (1803)
Constraints on Judicial Power
Ex parte McCardle (1869)
Annotated Readings
Chapter 3: Incorporation of the Bill of Rights
Must States Abide by the Bill of Rights? Initial Responses
Barron v. Baltimore (1833)
Incorporation through the Fourteenth Amendment: Early Interpretations
Hurtado v. California (1884)
A Standard Emerges
Palko v. Connecticut (1937)
Incorporation in the Aftermath of Palko
Duncan v. Louisiana (1968)
Annotated Readings
Part II: Civil Liberties
Chapter 4: Religion: Exercise and Establishment
Defining Religion
Free Exercise of Religion
Cantwell v. Connecticut (1940)
Sherbert v. Verner (1963)
Wisconsin v. Yoder (1972)
Employment Division, Department of Human Resources of Oregon v. Smith (1990)
City of Boerne v. Flores (1997)
Religious Establishment
Everson v. Board of Education (1947)
School District of Abington Township v. Schempp; Murray v. Curlett (1963)
Lemon v. Kurtzman; Earley v. DiCenso (1971)
Zelman v. Simmons-Harris (2002)
Edwards v. Aguillard (1987)
Town of Greece v. Galloway (2014)
Van Orden v. Perry (2005)
Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School v.
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Constitutional law for a changing America : rights, liberties, and justice by Lee Epstein. ISBN 9781483384009. Published by CQ Press in 2015. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.