POLS 5212 – Civil Rights and Civil Liberties - Web
Resources Page
Please note that readings labeled
“Additional” are not assigned, but serve as reference for those interested.
Jan 11, 16 –Incorporation, Due Process and
State Action - Study
Guide
Incorporation
Handout,
Standards of Review Sheet
Jan 18 - Free Speech and its Dangers - Study
Guide
Additional: Schenck
pamphlet; Gitlow paper
Jan 23 - Commercial Speech and Government Speech
- Study
Guide
Case: Utah Licensed
Beverage Association v. Leavitt
Jan 25, 30 - Symbolic Speech, Fighting Words,
and Hate Speech - Study
Guide
Feb 1- Pornography, Obscenity and AIndecency@ - Study
Guide
Feb. 6 - Regulating Broadcasting and the New
Media - Study
Guide
Additional: 7 Dirty Words
Monologue (from opinion in FCC v. Pacifica – R-rated)
Feb. 8 - Libel - Study
Guide; Libel
Doctrines
Case: Hustler
Magazine v. Falwell;
Additional: NY Times Ad from
Sullivan; Hustler
Ad Parody (R-rated)
Feb. 13 - Right of Free Association - Study
Guide
Case: First
Unitarian Church v. Salt Lake City
Feb. 15, 20
- State Aid to Religion and Religious Education - Study
Guide
State
Establishment Provisions in 1791
Feb. 22, 27 - Prayer and Religious Instruction
in Public Schools - Study
Guide
Case: Zorach
v. Clausen; Edwards v. Aguillard
March 1 – Public Display of Religion -
Study
Guide
Cases: Lynch v.
Donnelly, Allegheny
County v. Greater Pittsburgh ACLU; McCreary
County v. ACLU; Van Orden v. Perry.
Additional: Photos of display from Lynch
March 1, 6 - Free Exercise of Religion - Study Guide
Cases: Cutter
v. Wilkinson; Gonzales
v. O Centro Espirita Beneficiente
Uniao Do Vegetal
March 13 - Race in the Constitution - Study Guide
March 15, 27- Race and the Schools - Study Guide
March 29, April 3- Affirmative Action - Study Guide
April 5 - Gender and Discrimination - Study Guide
April 10 – Poverty, Alienage, and Mental Illness - Study Guide
April 12-24 - The Right to Privacy: Abortion,
Sex, and Death - Study Guide