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CONSTITUTIONAL LAW II SYLLABUS The following shorthand has been used in listing reading assignments:
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I. THE STATE ACTION DOCTRINE
| Assignment 1: | The General Requirement of
State Action The Public Function Exception |
Text 1463-1470 Text 1470-1478 |
| Assignment 2: | The Judicial Enforcement Exception The Joint Participation (or Entanglement) Exception Doctrinal Review of Section VI - Executive Summary |
Text 1478-1483 Text 1483-1496 Text 1497-1498 |
II. SUBSTANTIVE & PROCEDURAL DUE PROCESS
| Assignment 1: | Doctrinal and Theoretical Background to the Lochner Era Economic Substantive Due Process Civil Liberty Substantive Due Process Three-Tiered Levels of Judicial Review |
Text 597-605, 610-612 Text 613-620 |
| Assignment 2: | Contraception & Abortion June Medical Services v. Russo Whole Woman's Health v. Austin Reeve Jackson, Judge New Assaults on Abortion Rights |
Text 620-652, 658-665 Text 666-667 |
| Assignment 3: | Marriage Life and Death |
Text 667-670 Text 706-725 |
| Assignment 4: | Sexuality |
Text 681-706 |
| Asignment 5: | Procedural Due Process Matthews Balancing Analysis Doctrinal Review of Section VII - Executive Summaries |
Text
733-742
Text 725-727, 742-743 |
III. PROTECTION OF ECONOMIC LIBERTIES
| Assignment 1: | Impairment of Contracts by State Laws Takings of Private Property - Introduction Takings of Private Property - Physical Takings |
Text 1425-1434 Text 1434-1438 Text 1438-1441 |
| Assignment 2: | Takings of Private Property - Regulatory Takings Cedar Point Nursery v. Hassid Takings of Private Property - Public Use Doctrinal Review of Section I - Executive Summary |
Text 1442-1452 Text 1452-1459 Text 1459-1460 |
IV. FREEDOM OF SPEECH
| Assignment 1: | Introduction
The Major Normative Value Theories for Protection of Speech First Amendment Analytical Flowchart Content-Based Restrictions |
Text 999-1002
Text 1002-1019 |
| Assignment 2: | Reasonable Time, Place, and Manner Restrictions Incidental Burdens on Symbolic Expression |
Text 1025-1030 Text 1030-1041 |
| Assignment 3: | Prior Restraints Doctrinal Background to Vagueness & Substantial Overbreath Vagueness & Overbreadth Restrictions |
Text 1042-1049 Text 1050-1060 |
| Assignment 4: | Unconstitutional Conditions Doctrinal Background to Incitement & Advocacy of Crime Incitement & Advocacy of Crime - Introduction |
Text 1061-1067 Text 1067-1072 |
| Assignment 5: | Categories of Unprotected Speech - 1 Incitement & Advocacy of Crime Defamation & False Statements |
Text 1073-1075 Text 1076-1095 |
| Assignment 6: | Categories of Unprotected Speech - 2 Doctrinal Background to Obscenity Obscenity & Child Pornography Provocative Speech: Fighting Words & Hate Speech |
Text 1095-1106 Text 1116-1132 |
| Assignment 7: | Categories of Symbolic Expression Symbolic Conduct Campaign Contributions & Expenditures |
Text 1107-1116 Text 1142-1160 |
| Assignment 8: | Categories of Less Protected Speech Commercial Speech Speech of Public Employees Other Categories? Doctrinal Review of Section III - Executive Summary |
Text 1132-1141 Text 1160-1166 Text 1170-1173 |
V. FREEDOM OF THE PRESS
| Assignment 1: | Doctrinal Background to Freedom of the Press Applicability of General Laws to the Press Requiring the Press to Provide Media Access to Others Press Access to Government Proceedings Doctrinal Review of Section IV - Executive Summary |
Text 1175-1191 Text 1198-1202 Text 1202-1209 Text 1209-1210 |
VI. FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION
| Assignment 1: | Introduction Doctrinal Background to Freedom of Association Penalizing Individuals for Joining Groups Disclosure of Membership Lists |
Text 1211-1213 Text 1213-1220 Text 1221-1226 |
| Assignment 2: | Freedom Not to Associate with Others Doctrinal Review of Section V - Executive Summary |
Text 1226-1244 Text 1244-1245 |
VII. FREEDOM OF RELIGION
| Assignment 1: | The Establishment Clause - 1
Introduction Doctrinal and Theoretical Background to Religion Clauses Government Aid to Religious Institutions |
Text 1247-1253 Text 1253-1281 |
| Assignment 2: | The Establishment Clause - 2 Prayer in Public School Classrooms or Events |
Text 1282-1310 |
| Assignment 3: | The Establishment Clause - 3 "Creation Science" in Public Schools Prayer in Public Legislative Assemblies Religious Symbols on Government Property |
Text 1311-1315 Text 1315-1321 Text 1321-1348 |
| Assignment 4: | The Free Exercise Clause -1 Introduction Doctrinal and Theoretical Background to Free Exercise Clause Exemptions from Neutral & Generally Applicable Regulations |
Text 1359-1373 Text 1373-1385 |
| Assignment 5: | The Free Exercise Clause - 2 Regulations Targeted at Religious Practices Doctrinal Review of Section VI - Executive Summary |
Text 1385-1417 Text 1417-1418 |
VIII. ON DISSENT: ITS MEANING IN AMERICA
| Assignment 1: | Collins & Skover, On Dissent - 1 Prologue Chapter I: From Judicial Dissent to Peaceful Protest Chapter II: From Civil to Uncivil Disobedience Chapter III: The Vagaries of Violence Questions for Analysis & Discussion On Dissent: Representation of Conceptual Relationships |
Text ix-xx Text 1-26 Text 27-49 Text 50-80 |
| Assignment 2: | Collins & Skover, On Dissent - 2 Chapter IV: Dissent, Inc. Chapter V: Dissent & Law's Parameters Epilogue Questions for Analysis & Discussion |
Text 81-102 Text 103-128 Text 129-134
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