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365. Constitutional Law: the American System -- October 2009
Course Calendar & Assignments
SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

  • There are reading assignments in your textbook and on line. Page assignments refer to Lee Epstein & Thomas G. Walker. Constitutional Law for a Changing America: Institutional Powers & Constraints, 6th ed. Washington: CQ Press, 2007.
  • On-line assignments are linked to the textbook's companion web archive. If you bought the textbook new, you will find a registration card inserted into the text that entitles you to free access to the archive for 18 weeks. If you bought a used book, you, can purchase a registration on the CQ Press web site. Once you have logged in, these links will go straight to the appropriate case.
  • There will be minor schedule adjustments based on the final number of students enrolled.

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MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

------------------------------------------ WEEK #1 --------------------------------------------

9:00 a.m.

NO CLASS

NO CLASS

NO CLASS

NO CLASS

NO CLASS

1:00 p.m.

Introduction to Topic & Methodology
pp. 3-52; 717
handout

The Judiciary
pp. 55-126
PowerPoint

The Legislature pp. 127-191
PowerPoint

The Executive pp. 192-267
United States v. Belmont (1937)
PowerPoint

Separation of Powers
pp. 268-336
PowerPoint

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9:00 a.m.

NO CLASS

NO CLASS

NO CLASS

NO CLASS

NO CLASS

1:00 p.m.

Federalism,
part 1
pp. 339-390 PowerPoint

Federalism,
part 2
pp. 390-423
Chisholm v. Georgia (1793)
  Cohens v. Virginia (1821) Seminole Tribe of Florida v. Florida (1996)
PowerPoint

Commerce Power, part 1
pp. 424-482
Houston, East & West Texas Railway Co. v. United States (1914)
Kidd v. Pearson (1888)
Swift & Co. v. United States (1905)

Commerce Power, part 2
pp. 482-509
 Mayor of New York v. Miln (1837)
South Carolina State Highway Department v. Barnwell Brothers (1938)

Power to Tax & Spend
pp. 510-562

[last day to submit 1st brief]

------------------------------------------ WEEK #3 --------------------------------------------

9:00 a.m.

NO CLASS

NO CLASS

NO CLASS

NO CLASS

NO CLASS

1:00 p.m.

ORAL ARGUMENT:
Hein v. Freedom from Religion Foundation (2007)

Contract Clause
pp. 565-600

 Fertilizing Company v. Hyde Park (1878)
  Energy Reserves Group v. Kansas Power and Light (1983)
PowerPoint

ORAL ARGUMENT:
Summers v. Earth Island Institute (2009)

Economic Substantive Due Process
pp. 601-651

  Griswold v. Connecticut (1965)

ORAL ARGUMENT:
United Haulers Association v. Oneida-Herkimer Solid Waste Management Authority (2007)

[last day to submit 2nd brief]

------------------------------------------ WEEK #4 --------------------------------------------

7:00 a.m.

NO CLASS

NO CLASS

FINAL EXAM

 

1:00 p.m.

The Takings Clause
pp. 652-684
Barron v. Baltimore (1833)
  Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. Chicago (1897)  
Tahoe-Sierra Preservation Council v. Tahoe Regional Planning Agency
(2002)

ORAL ARGUMENT:
Wyeth v. Levine (2009)

Review and Questions




 

 

 

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