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Constitutional Analysis Outlines

Constitutional Analysis

Approximately 65 pages

Notes for Professor Laurence H. Tribe's Constitutional Analysis class. The class covered all aspects of constitutional law, including First Amendment, Criminal Procedure, Fourteenth Amendment, Separation of Powers, and Federalism....

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Criminal Provisions 5

Ex Post Facto Laws 5

Stogner v. California 5

Rogers v. Tennessee 5

Fourth Amendment 6

Katz v. United States 6

United States v. Jones 6

Kyllo v. United States 7

Whren v. United States 7

Bills of Attainder 7

United States v. Lovett 7

Bodily Invasions 8

Rochin v. California 8

Schmerber v. California 8

Sixth Amendment 8

Faretta v. California 8

Singer v. United States 9

Davis v. Washington 9

Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts 9

United States v. Jackson; Brady v. United States 9

Eighth Amendment 10

Baze v. Rees 10

Congressional Powers 10

Commence Clause 10

Hammer v. Dagenhart 10

United States v. Darby 11

Wickard v. Filburn 11

United States v. Lopez 11

United States v. Morrison 12

Gonzales v. Raich 12

N.F.I.B. v. Sebelius 12

Note on the Commerce Power 13

Dormant Commerce Clause 13

West Lynn Creamery v. Healy 13

Tenth Amendment Limits 13

United States v. New York 13

Printz v. United States 14

Reno v. Condon 14

Section 5 of the Fourteenth Amendment 15

Katzenbach v. Morgan 15

City of Boerne v. Flores 15

The Necessary and Proper Clause 15

United States v. Comstock 15

McCulloch v. Maryland 16

The First Amendment 16

Unconstitutional Conditions 16

Speiser v. Randall 16

Regan v. Taxation Without Representation 16

FCC v. League of Women Voters 17

Legal Services Corp. v. Velazquez 17

Right to See, Hear, and Confront 17

Lamont v. Postmaster General 17

Stanley v. Georgia 17

Richmond Newspapers v. Virginia 18

Flag-Burning 18

Texas v. Johnson 18

United States v. Eichman 18

Advocacy of Unlawful Action 19

Whitney v. California 19

Dennis v. United States 19

Brandenburg v. Ohio 19

Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project 20

Right Not to Hear 20

PUC v. Pollack 20

Snyder v. Phelps 20

Hill v. Colorado 20

Cohen v. California 21

The Right Not to Speak 21

West Va. Bd. of Ed. v. Barnette 21

Wooley v. Maynard 21

Rumsfeld v. FAIR 22

Hurley v. Irish-American Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Group 22

McIntyre v. Ohio Elections Commโ€™n 22

Right Not to Be Overheard 22

Bartnicki v. Vopper 22

Government Speech 23

Kidwell v. City of Union (6th Cir.) 23

Pleasant Grove City v. Summum 23

Johanns v. Livestock Marketing Association 23

Association 24

Roberts v. United States Jaycees 24

Boy Scouts of America v. Dale 24

Dallas v. Stanglin 24

Brown v. Socialist Workers Party 25

Runyon v. McCrary 25

Distinctions within Categories of Unprotected Speech 25

Renton v. Playtime Theatres 25

R.A.V. v. St. Paul 25

Wisconsin v. Mitchell 26

Motive and the First Amendment 26

United States v. Oโ€™Brien 26

Barnes v. Glen Theatre 27

Cohen v. Cowles Media 27

Mt. Healthy City School District v. Doyle 27

Arcara v. Cloud Books 28

Campaign Finance 28

Buckley v. Valeo 28

Republican Party v. White 28

Citizens United v. FEC 28

Arizona Free Enterprise Club v. Bennett 29

Changing Technology 29

Joseph Burstyn v. Wilson 29

Brown v. EMA 29

Religion 30

The Establishment Clause 30

Lemon v. Kurtzman 30

Corp. of Presiding Bishops v. Amos 30

Lee v. Weisman 30

Edwards v. Aguillard 31

Epperson v. Arkansas 31

The Free Exercise Clause 31

Sherbert v. Verner 31

Bowen v. Roy 31

Lyng v. NICPA 32

Employment Division v. Smith 32

Church of Lukumi Babula Aye v. Hialeah 33

Locke v. Davey 33

Hosanna-Tabor v. EEOC 34

Economic Liberties 34

Substantive Due Process 34

Calder v. Bull 34

Lochner v. New York 35

Nebbia v. New York 35

West Coast Hotel v. Parrish 36

United States v. Carolene Products Co. 36

Contracts Clause 36

Home Building & Loan Association v. Blaisdell 36

Takings Clause 37

Miller v. Schoene 37

Procedure 37

Baselines for Procedural Due Process: What Interests Are Protected? 37

Goldberg v. Kelly 37

DeShaney v. Winnebago County 37

Castle Rock v. Gonzalez 38

Paul v. Davis 38

Impartial Decisionmakers and the Appearance of Bias 39

Caperton v. Massey Coal Co. 39

Bush v. Gore 39

Fundamental Rights 40

Travel 40

Saenz v. Roe 40

Voting 41

Harper v. Virginia State Bd. of Elecs. 41

The Voter ID Case (Crawford v. Marion County Elec. Bd) 41

Contraception and Abortion 41

Skinner v. Oklahoma 41

Griswold v. Connecticut 42

Eisenstadt v. Baird 42

Roe v. Wade 43

Planned Parenthood v. Casey 43

Gonzalez v. Carhart 44

Abortion Funding Cases 44

The Right to Marry 45

Loving v. Virginia 45

Boddie v. Connecticut 45

Zablocki v. Redhail 45

Turner v. Safely 45

Califano v. Jobst 45

Family Rights: Parents, Children, and Other Relatives 46

Stanley v. Illinois 46

Michael H. v. Gerald D. 46

Moore v. City of East Cleveland 47

USDOA v. Moreno 47

USDOA v. Murry 47

Lyng v. Castillo 48

M.L.B. v. S.L.J. 48

Family Rights: Right to Control Upbringing of Children 48

Myer v. Nebraska 48

Pierce v. Society of Sisters 49

Wisconsin v. Yoder 49

Troxel v. Granville 49

Reno v. Flores 49

Sexual Activity and Sexual Orientation: Equality, Privacy, and Liberty 49

Bowers v. Hardwick 49

Romer v. Evans 50

Lawrence v. Texas 50

Goodridge v. DPH (Mass.) 51

Massachusetts v. HHS (1st Cir.) 51

Perry v. Brown (9th Cir.) 52

Medical Decisions 52

Jacobson v. Massachusetts 52

Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Department of Health 52

Washington v. Glucksberg 53

Vacco v. Quill 53

Informational Privacy 54

Whalen v. Roe 54

NASA v. Nelson 54

The Right to Bear Arms 54

D.C. v. Heller 54

McDonald v. City of Chicago...

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