POLS 5212 – Civil Rights and Civil Liberties - Web Resources Page

POLS 5212 – Syllabus

Jan 9 – Constitutional Theory – Study Guide

DeShaney v. Winnebago County

Jan 14,16 –Incorporation, Due Process and State Action - Study Guide

Incorporation Handout, Standards of Review Sheet

Jan 23 - Free Speech and its Dangers - Study Guide

Sedition Terms & Tests

Jan 28 - Commercial Speech and Government Speech - Study Guide

Case: Utah Licensed Beverage Association v. Leavitt; Morse v. Frederick

Jan 30, Feb 4 - Symbolic Speech, Fighting Words, and Hate Speech - Study Guide

Feb 6 - Pornography, Obscenity and AIndecency@ - Study Guide

Feb. 8 - Regulating Broadcasting and the New Media - Study Guide

Feb. 11 - Libel - Study Guide; Libel Doctrines

Case: Hustler Magazine v. Falwell; Hustler Ad Parody (R-rated)

Feb. 13 - Right of Free Association - Study Guide

Case: First Unitarian Church v. Salt Lake City

Feb. 20, 25 - State Aid to Religion and Religious Education - Study Guide

Feb. 27, Mar 3 - Prayer and Religious Instruction in Public Schools - Study Guide

Case: Zorach v. Clausen; Edwards v. Aguillard

March 10 – Public Display of Religion - Study Guide

Cases: Lynch v. Donnelly, Allegheny County v. Greater Pittsburgh ACLU; McCreary County v. ACLU; Van Orden v. Perry.

March 12, 24 - Free Exercise of Religion - Study Guide

Cases: Cutter v. Wilkinson; Gonzales v. O Centro Espirita Beneficiente Uniao Do Vegetal

March 26 - Race in the Constitution - Study Guide

March 31, April 2 - Race and the Schools - Study Guide

Desegregation Cases

April 7 - Affirmative Action - Study Guide

April 9 - Gender and Discrimination - Study Guide

April 14-23 - The Right to Privacy: Abortion, Sex, and Death - Study Guide

Privacy Cases