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1. Rights in the Early Constitution.
Ex Post Facto Laws.
Calder v. Bull.
Bills of Attainder.
United States v. Brown.
The Contract Clause.
The Dartmouth College Case.
2. The Nationalization of the Bill of Rights.Early Efforts to Extend the Bill of Rights to the States.
Barron v. Baltimore.
Substantive Due Process and the Police Power.
Munn v. Illinois. Nebbia v. New York. Lochner v. New York. West Coast Hotel v. Parrish.
Criminal Procedure and the Bill of Rights.
Hurtado v. California. Powell v. Alabama. Palko v. Connecticut.
Due Process as Fundamental Fairness.
Betts v. Brady. Rochin v. California. Irvine v. California. McKeiver v. Pennsylvania. DeShaney v. Winnebago Soc. Serv.
Substantive Due Process Revisited.
Griswold v. Connecticut. Roe v. Wade. Bowers v. Hardwick. Planned Parenthood v. Casey.
3. Rights of Persons Accused of Crime.The Exclusion of Unconstitutional Evidence.
Weeks v. United States. Wolf v. Colorado. Mapp v. Ohio.
Exclusion in Action: Self-Incrimination.
Miranda v. Arizona. Duckworth v. Eagan.
Exclusion in Action: Searches and Seizures.
Terry v. Ohio. Katz v. United States. Michigan State Police v. Sitz. United States v. Leon.
The Right of Counsel.
Gideon v. Wainwright.
Cruel and Unusual Punishments.
Gregg v. Georgia. McCleskey v. Kemp.
Trial by Jury.
Duncan v. Louisiana. Williams v. Florida. Apodaca v. Oregon.
The Bargaining Away of Constitutional Rights.
Wyman v. James. Bordenkircher v. Hayes.
4. First Amendment Rights.Free Speech and Security.
Schenck v. United States. Gitlow v. New York. Dennis v. United States.
Free Assembly and Public Order.
Adderley v. Florida. R. A. V. v. St. Paul. Walker v. Birmingham.
Censorship and the Right to Publish.
Near v. Minnesota. Kingsley Books v. Brown. Miller v. California. New York Times Co. v. United States. Rust v. Sullivan.
Free Press -- Fair Trial.
Richmond Newspapers, Inc. v. Virginia.
Freedom of Religion.
Murdock v. Pennsylvania. West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette.
Establishment of Religion.
Zorach v. Clauson. Mueller v. Allen. Edwards v. Aguillard. Lynch v. Donnelly.
5. Equal Protection of the Laws.How Equal is Equal? The Traditional Test.
Goesaert v. Cleary.
Strict Scrutiny.
Korematsu v. United States. Kramer v. Union Free School District.
Intermediate Test.
San Antonio v. Rodriguez. Plyler v. Doe.
Race Discrimination.
Batson v. Kentucky. Shelley v. Kraemer. Plessy v. Ferguson. Sweatt v. Painter. Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka. Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education. Milliken v. Bradley. Richmond v. Croson.
Discrimination Against Women.
Geduldig v. Aiello. Mississippi University for Women v. Hogan.
Discrimination Against the Poor.
Maher v. Roe.
6. The Power to Protect Individuals.
The Civil Rights Cases. United States v. Guest. South Carolina v. Katzenbach. Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Co.
7. 1992-1993 Cases.
Shaw v. Reno. Wisconsin v. Mitchell. Employment Division v. Smith.
Appendix: Constitution of the United States.Table of Cases.
Summary
This collection of Supreme Court cases is designed to provide insight into judicial reasoning and methods of arriving at constitutional decisions.
