Alisa J. Rosenthal

Department of Political Science

Gustavus Adolphus College

Constitutional Law II: Civil Rights and Liberties

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• • Kennedy v Louisiana Resources

Published in the Richmond Afro-American, May 22, 1954

Spring 2008 Required Readings (pdf)

• Spring 2008 Readings (all)~19 MB

• A Primer on Supreme Court Procedures

• Mark Tushnet, "The Politics of Constitutional Law"

• Daniel Farber and Suzanna Sherry, "The Originalism Debate"

• Theories of Constitutional Interpretation

• Leonard Levy, "Why We Have the Bill of Rights"

• David Kairys, "Freedom of Speech"

• Flyer from Schenck v U.S.

• Flyer from Gitlow v N.Y.

• Smith Act of 1940

• Levy, "The Eighth Amendment"

• Wittes, "Cruel and Unusual?"

• Scalia, "God's Justice and Ours"

• Latzer, "Capital Punishment: The Law and the Issues"

• Francis v Resweber

• Gregg v Georgia

• Coker v Georgia

• Bowers v Hardwick

• Excerpt from Henry M. Turner's Letter to the Editor in response to the Civil Rights Cases decision

• Southern Manifesto

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