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Volume II

  1. Chapter 1: Interpretation of the Constitution
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  2. Chapter 2: Constitutional Adjudication
    1. No online content
  3. Chapter 3: Rights Under the Constitution
    1. Rights and the Founding (No online content)
    2. The Fourteenth Amendment (No online content)
    3. Due Process and the Bill of Rights (No online content)
    4. Rights During Wartime and Other Emergencies
      1. Ex parte Milligan (1866)
      2. Korematsu v. United States (1944)
      3. Hamdi v. Rumsfeld (2004)
      4. Boumediene v. Bush (2008)
      5. Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn v. Cuomo (2020)
  4. Chapter 4: Economic Due Process and the Takings Clause
    1. See Volume 1, Chapter 12
  5. Chapter 5: Freedom of Speech, Press, and Association
    1. The Meaning of the First Amendment (No online content)
    2. First Amendment Standards 
      1. Barenblatt v. United States (1959)
    3. Student Speech and Expression
      1. Minersville School District v. Gobitis (1940)
      2. Rosenberger v. University of Virginia (1995)
    4. Political Expression
      1. Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project (2010)
    5. The Regulation of Speech
      1. Adderley v. Florida (1966)
      2. Village of Skokie v. National Socialist Party (1978) 
      3. Hill v. Colorado (2000) 
      4. Snyder v. Phelps (2011) 
      5. Walker v. Texas Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans, Inc. (2015) 
      6. Janus v. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (2018)
      7. Minnesota Voters Alliance v. Mansky (2018) 
    6. Restraints on the Press
      1. Red Lion Broadcasting Co. v. FCC (1969)
      2. FCC v. Pacifica Foundation (1978)
      3. Memorandum Opinion and Order, Federal Communications Commission (1987) 
      4. Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission (1994)
      5. Murthy v. Missouri (2024)
    7. Libel and the Invasion of Privacy (No online content)
    8. Obscenity and Violence
      1. Terminiello v. Chicago (1949)
      2. Cohen v. California (1971)
      3. New York v. Ferber (1982)
      4. Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union (1997)
      5. Ashcroft v. Free Speech Coalition (2002)
      6. United States v. Stevens (2010)
    9. The Regulation of Associations
      1. Americans for Prosperity Foundation v. Bonta (2021)
  6. Chapter 6: Freedom of Religion
    1. Establishment of Religion
      1. McGowan v. Maryland (1961) 
      2. Engle v. Vitale (1962)
      3. Tilton v. Richardson (1971) 
      4. Lynch v. Donnelly (1984) 
      5. Mueller v. Allen (1983) 
      6. Zobrest v. Catalina Foothills School District (1993) 
      7. Board of Education of Kiryas Joel Village School District v. Grumet (1994)
      8. Rosenberger v. University of Virginia (1995)
      9. McCreary County v. American Civil Liberties Union (2005)
      10. Van Orden v. Perry (2005)
      11. Shurtleff v. City of Boston (2022) – Gorsuch’s concurrence
    2. Free Exercise of Religion
      1. Braunfeld v. Brown (1961) 
      2. Katz v. Superior Court (1977) 
      3. Lyng v. Northwest Indian Cemetery Protective Association (1988) 
      4. Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 
      5. City of Boerne v. Flores, Archbishop of San Antonio (1997) 
      6. Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. (2014) 
      7. Trinity Lutheran v. Comer (2017) 
      8. Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission (2018) 
  7. Chapter 7: Criminal Procedure
    1. The Ex Post Facto Clause (No online content)
    2. Search and Seizure
      1. Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents (1971)
      2. New Jersey v. T.L.O. (1985)
      3. Vernonia School District v. Acton (1995)
      4. National Treasury Employees Union v. Von Raab (1989)
      5. Indianapolis v. Edmond (2000)
      6. Riley v. California (2014) 
      7. Los Angeles v. Patel (2015) 
    3. Self-Incrimination and Coerced Confessions
      1. Harris v. New York (1971) 
      2. Dickerson v. United States (2000)
      3. United States v. Leon (1984)
    4. Due Process of Law (No online content)
    5. The Right to Counsel
      1. Faretta v. California (1975) 
      2. Caplin & Drysdale, Chartered v. United States (1989)
    6. The Insanity Defense
      1. Clark v. Arizona (2006)
    7. The Entrapment Defense
      1. Jacobson v. United States (1992)
    8. Trial by Jury (No online content)
    9. The Right to Confrontation
      1. Coy v. Iowa (1988)
      2. Davis v. Washington (2006)
    10. Plea Bargaining (No online content)
    11. Bail and Pretrial Detention
      1. Comprehensive Crime Control Act of 1984
    12. Cruel and Unusual Punishment
      1. Robinson v. California (1962)
      2. Woodson v. North Carolina (1976)
      3. Roberts v. Louisiana (1976)
      4. McCleskey  v. Kemp (1987) 
      5. Stanford v. Kentucky (1989)
      6. Payne v. Tennessee  (1991) 
    13. Prisoners’ Rights
      1. Turner v. Safley (1987)
    14. Retroactive Application of Criminal Procedure Guarantees (No online content)
    15. Basic Themes in the Court’s Criminal Procedure Decisions (No online content)
  8. Chapter 8: Equality and Racial Discrimination
    1. Race and the Founding
      1. Petition for freedom to the Massachusetts Council and the House of Representatives, January [13] 1777
      2. Pennsylvania, Act for the Gradual Abolition of Slavery (1780)
      3. Rhode Island Act Authorizing the Manumission of Negros, Mulattoes, and Others and the Gradual Abolition of Slavery (1784)
      4. Thomas Jefferson, Letter to Henri Gregoire (1809)
      5. Thomas Jefferson, Letter to Edward Coles (1814)
      6. Thomas Jefferson, Letter to John Holmes (1820)
      7. George Washington, Letter to Robert Morris, April 12, 1786
      8. Alexander Hamilton, Letter to John Jay, March 14, 1779
    2. Racial Desegregation and the Equal Protection Clause
      1. Green v. County School Board of New Kent County (1968)
      2. Milliken v. Bradley (1974)
    3. Private Discrimination and the Concept of State Action
      1. Palmore v. Sidoti (1984)
    4. Proof of Discrimination: Disparate Treatment Versus Disparate Impact
      1. Washington v. Davis (1976)
      2. Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Corp. (1977) 
      3. Wards Cove Packing Co. v. Atonio (1989)
      4. The Civil Rights Act of 1991
    5. Racial Discrimination in Jury Trials and Prisons
      1. Georgia v. McCollum (1992)
      2. Johnson v. California (2005)
    6. Race, Representative, and the Fifteenth Amendment
      1. Wesberry v. Sanders (1964)
      2. Reynolds v. Sims (1964)
      3. Harper v. Virginia State Board of Elections (1966)
      4. Vieth v. Jubelirer (2004)
  9. Chapter 9: Substantive Equal Protection
    1. The Two-Tier Approach (No online content)
    2. The Development of an Intermediate Level of Review (No online content)
    3. Suspect Classifications
      1. Lyndon Bains Johnson, Executive Order No. 11246, “Equal Employment Opportunity” (1965)
      2. Donald J. Trump, Executive Order “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity” (2025)
      3. Bakke v. Regents of the University of California (1976) 
      4. Fullilove v. Klutznick (1980)
      5. Grutter v. Bollinger (2003) 
      6. Gratz v. Bollinger (2003)
      7. Foley v. Connelie (1978)
      8. Trimble v. Gordon (1977)
      9. Los Angeles Department of Water and Power v. Manhart (1978)
    4. Fundamental Rights
      1. Nordlinger v. Hahn (1992)
      2. Armour v. Indianapolis (2012)
    5. The Future of Equal-Protection Analysis
  10. Chapter 10: The Right to Privacy, Personal Autonomy, and Dignity
    1. The Constitutional Basis (No online content)
    2. What the Right to Privacy Protects
      1. Doe v. Bolton (1973)
      2. Harris v. McRae (1980)
      3. Webster v. Reproductive Health Services (1989)
      4. Stenberg v. Carhart (2000)
      5. Paul v. Davis (1976)
      6. Doe v. Commonwealth’s Attorney for the City of Richmond (1975)
      7. Dronenburg v. Zech (1984)
      8. Bowers v. Hardwick (1986)
      9. Romer v. Evans (1996)
      10. Defense of Marriage Act of 1996
      11. Goodridge v. Department of Public Health (2003)
      12. Perry v. Brown (2012) 
      13. In re Marriage Cases (2008) 
      14. Abraham Lincoln, Speech on the Dred Scott Decision (1857)
    3. Personal Autonomy and the Right to Die
      1. The Matter of Karen Ann Quinlan (1976) 

Volume II Chapter 3: Rights Under the Constitution

Chapter 3: Rights Under the Constitution

  1. Rights and the Founding (No online content)
  2. The Fourteenth Amendment (No online content)
  3. Due Process and the Bill of Rights (No online content)
  4. Rights During Wartime and Other Emergencies
    1. Ex parte Milligan (1866)
    2. Korematsu v. United States (1944)
    3. Hamdi v. Rumsfeld (2004)
    4. Boumediene v. Bush (2008)
    5. Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn v. Cuomo (2020)