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Constitutional Law II: Issues of Equality
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September 13: Legal Equality and Its Limits

Lincoln, "Gettysburg Address" 
The Civil Rights Cases: Word format | HTML format
Pace v. Alabama: Word format | HTML format
Plessy v. Ferguson (Martin, pp. 76-86) or Word format | HTML format

September 15: Discrimination Against Asians

The Chinese Exclusion Cases: Word | HTML
Ozawa v. United States: Word | HTML
Gong Lum v. Rice: Word | HTML
Verhovek, "Justice Prevails" (New York Times, March 11, 2001) word format | HTML format

September 22: The NAACP Litigation Campaign

Smith v. Allright: Word | HTML
Shelly v. Kramer: Word | HTML

 October 8-15: Race, Class and the Limits of Legal Equality

Milliken v. Bradley: Word | HTML
San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez: Word

Prelude to Current Debates [Under Construction]

October 20: Women and Legal Equality

Bradwell v. Illinois: Word | HTML
Hoyt v. Florida: Word | HTML
Frontiero v. Richardson: Word | HTML
Craig v. Boren: Word | HTML

October 22: Sexual Orientation and Fundamental Rights

            Bowers v. Hardwick: Word
            Lawrence v. Texas:  Word | HTML

October 25: Discrimination in the Private Sector

Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States: Word | HTML
United States v. Morrison: Word | HTML

November 3: Race and Criminal Justice

Powell v. Alabama Word | HTML
Tennesee v. Garner Word | HTML
McCleskey v. Kemp Word

Contemporary Issues of Legal Equality: Student Led Discussions [Under Construction]

November 12: Race and Criminal Justice

Race and Criminal Justice
Terry  v. Ohio: Word | Html
Whren v. United States Word
United States v. Armstrong Word

November 15: Sexual Orientation

United States v. Windsor: Word
Obergefell v. Hodges: Word
Bostock v. Clayton County Word

November 17: Race and Affirmative Action

Adarand Constructors v. Pena Word
Grutter  v. Bollinger: Word
Fisher v. University of Texas Word

November 19: Race and Voting Rights
Shaw v. Reno: Word
Abbot v. Perez Word

November 19 and 22: Sex and Gender

Planned Parenthood of SE Pennsylvanis v. Casey: Word | HTML
Virginia v. United States: Word
Burwell v. Hobby Lobby: Word
Davis v. Monroe County Board of Education Word


November 29: Non-Citizens and Native Americans

Plyler v. Doe Word
Trump v. Hawaii Word
Minnesota v. Mille Lacs Band of Chippewa Indians Word | HTML

December 1: Wealth Discrimination and Gay Rights

Maher v. Roe: Word
Saenz v. Roe: Word 
Romer v. Evans: Word | HTML

December 3: Treatment of Individuals with Special Needs

Cleburne v. Cleburne Living Center: Word
Heller v. Doe: Word

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Contemporary Issues of Legal Equality: Other Cases


Racial Equality

Parents Involved v. Seattle School School District Word
Gratz  v. Bollinger: Word | HTML
Bob Jones University v. United States: Word

Gay Rights

Romer v. Evans: Word | HTML
Varnum v. Brien: Summary

Gender

Rostker v. Goldberg Word | HTML

Native Americans

Elk v. Wilkins: Word 
Minnesota v. Mille Lacs Band of Chippewa Indians Word | HTML

Non-Citizens

Demore v. Kim: Word

Race and Criminal Justice
Harris, "Why 'Driving While Black' Matters" excerpt | http://academic.udayton.edu/race/03justice/dwb01.htm 


Legal News Sources
To search for articles on a particular topic, you can use the "news" category in the Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe database available on the Augustana Library's web site, under databases/social science: (http://www.augustana.edu/x34456.xml)

Yahoo News/Courts section: http://news.yahoo.com/the-courts/

Verdict, (from Justia.com), a source of high quality on-line Legal Commentary : http://verdict.justia.com/

CNN's Legal News Page: http://www.cnn.com/JUSTICE/

Findlaw.com: http://news.findlaw.com/

General News Sites: NBC | New York Times | Chicago Tribune | Yahoo News

If you want to search for articles on a particular topic, you can use the "news" category in the Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe database available on the Augustana Library's web site, under social sciences.   


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