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366. Constitutional Law: Rights & Liberties -- December 2004
Course Calendar & Assignments

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: Rights, Liberties & Justice, 5th ed. Washington: CQ Press, 2004.
On-line assignments are linked to the respective case names below.
NOVEMBER 23, 2004

§§§	MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY	THURSDAY	FRIDAY
------------------------------------------ WEEK #1 --------------------------------------------
9:00 a.m.	NO CLASS	NO CLASS	CIVIL LIBERTIES: pp. 101-104 The Right to Keep & Bear Arms pp. 419-428 The Free Exercise Clause pp. 105-144 [51]	NO CLASS	NO CLASS
1:00 p.m.	Introduction to Topic & Methodology pp. 3-49; 869 [47]	Constitution & Bill of Rights pp. 839-851; 50-97 [67] How to Frame a Legal Question	NO CLASS	NO CLASS	NO CLASS
------------------------------------------ WEEK #2 -------------------------------------------
9:00 a.m.	Researching Constitutional Law, Amanda Swygart-Hobaugh [Cole Library 127]	NO CLASS	NO CLASS	NO CLASS	NO CLASS
1:00 p.m.	The Establishment Clause pp. 145-213 [69]	Freedom of Speech, Assembly & Association pp. 214-318 [105] McConnell v. Federal Election Commission	Freedom of the Press, Obscenity & Libel pp. 319-418 [100]	The Right to Privacy pp. 429-502 [74]	DUE PROCESS: PP. 503-508 Investigations & Evidence pp. 509-579 [77] [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 ARGUMENTS Locke v. Davey (February 25, 2004)	Attorneys, Trials & Punishments pp. 580-650 [71]	ORAL ARGUMENTS Los Angeles v. Alameda Books (May 13, 2002) Board of Education of Independent School Dist. No. 92 v. Earls (June 27, 2002)	CIVIL RIGHTS: PP. 651-659 Scott v. Sandford Slaughterhouse Cases Civil Rights Cases Hall v. DeCuir Louisville, New Orleans, & Texas RR v. Mississippi Korematsu v. US Racial Discrimination pp. 660-695 [45]	ORAL ARGUMENTS Hamdi v. Rumsfeld (June 28, 2004) Rasul v. Bush (June 28, 2004)
------------------------------------------ WEEK #4 --------------------------------------------
9:00 a.m.	NO CLASS	NO CLASS	NO CLASS	NO CLASS	MEET IN MERNER CLASSROOM? FINAL EXAM
1:00 p.m.	Sex Discrimination & Affirmative Action pp. 696-779 [84]	ORAL ARGUMENTS Blakely v. Washington (June 24, 2004)	Voting & Representation pp. 780-836 [56] [last day to submit 2nd brief]	ORAL ARGUMENTS Vieth v. Jubelirer (April 28, 2004)


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