| Preface | p. xvii |
| The Supreme Court and the Constitution | |
| The Living Constitution | p. 3 |
| The Road to the Bill of Rights | p. 3 |
| The Amendment Process | p. 7 |
| The Supreme Court and the Amendment Process | p. 7 |
| Understanding the U.S. Supreme Court | p. 10 |
| Processing Supreme Court Cases | p. 10 |
| Supreme Court Decisionmaking: Legally Relevant Approaches | p. 22 |
| Supreme Court Decisionmaking: Extralegal Approaches | p. 32 |
| Conducting Research on the Supreme Court | p. 43 |
| Readings | p. 46 |
| The Judiciary: Institutional Powers and Constraints | p. 49 |
| Judicial Review | p. 49 |
| Marbury v. Madison (1803) | p. 50 |
| Constraints on Judicial Power | p. 59 |
| Ex parte McCardle (1869) | p. 60 |
| Readings | p. 70 |
| Incorporation of the Bill of Rights | p. 71 |
| Must States Abide by the Bill of Rights? Initial Responses | p. 71 |
| Barron v. Baltimore (1833) | p. 72 |
| Incorporation Through the Fourteenth Amendment: Early Interpretations | p. 74 |
| Hurtado v. California (1884) | p. 75 |
| A Standard Emerges | p. 80 |
| Palko v. Connecticut (1937) | p. 81 |
| Incorporation in the Aftermath of Palko | p. 84 |
| Duncan v. Louisiana (1968) | p. 86 |
| Readings | p. 93 |
| Civil Liberties | |
| Approaching Civil Liberties | p. 97 |
| Religion: Exercise and Establishment | p. 101 |
| Defining Religion | p. 102 |
| Free Exercise of Religion | p. 105 |
| Cantwell v. Connecticut (1940) | p. 107 |
| Sherbert v. Verner (1963) | p. 113 |
| Wisconsin v. Yoder (1972) | p. 118 |
| Employment Division, Department of Human Resources of Oregon v. Smith (1990) | p. 126 |
| City of Boerne v. Flores (1997) | p. 135 |
| Religious Establishment | p. 143 |
| Everson v. Board of Education (1947) | p. 146 |
| Lemon v. Kurtzman; Earley v. DiCenso (1971) | p. 157 |
| Agostini v. Felton (1997) | p. 167 |
| Edwards v. Aguillard (1987) | p. 180 |
| School District of Abington Township v. Schempp (1963) | p. 189 |
| Lee v. Weisman (1992) | p. 197 |
| Readings | p. 207 |
| Freedom of Speech, Assembly, and Association | p. 208 |
| The Development of Legal Standards: The Emergence of Law in Times of Crisis | p. 208 |
| Schenck v. United States (1919) | p. 211 |
| Abrams v. United States (1919) | p. 213 |
| Gitlow v. New York (1925) | p. 218 |
| Dennis v. United States (1951) | p. 229 |
| Brandenburg v. Ohio (1969) | p. 236 |
| Regulating Expression: Content and Contexts | p. 241 |
| United States v. O'Brien (1968) | p. 244 |
| Tinker v. Des Moines (1969) | p. 247 |
| Texas v. Johnson (1989) | p. 252 |
| Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire (1942) | p. 258 |
| Cohen v. California (1971) | p. 259 |
| Hill v. Colorado (2000) | p. 266 |
| R. A. V. v. City of St. Paul, Minnesota (1992) | p. 272 |
| Wisconsin v. Mitchell (1993) | p. 278 |
| West Virginia Board of Education v. Barnette (1943) | p. 281 |
| Buckley v. Valeo (1976) | p. 286 |
| Bates v. State Bar of Arizona (1977) | p. 293 |
| Central Hudson Gas and Electric Corporation v. Public Service Commission of New York (1980) | p. 299 |
| Boy Scouts of America v. Dale (2000) | p. 303 |
| Readings | p. 309 |
| Freedom of the Press | p. 310 |
| Prior Restraint | p. 311 |
| Near v. Minnesota (1931) | p. 311 |
| New York Times v. United States (1971) | p. 316 |
| Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier (1988) | p. 325 |
| Government Control of Press Content | p. 330 |
| Red Lion Broadcasting v. FCC (1969) | p. 335 |
| The Media and Special Rights | p. 340 |
| Branzburg v. Hayes (1972) | p. 340 |
| Readings | p. 346 |
| The Boundaries of Free Expression: Obscenity and Libel | p. 348 |
| Obscenity | p. 348 |
| Roth v. United States (1957) | p. 350 |
| Miller v. California (1973) | p. 357 |
| New York v. Ferber (1982) | p. 362 |
| Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union (1997) | p. 373 |
| Libel | p. 378 |
| New York Times v. Sullivan (1964) | p. 379 |
| Gertz v. Welch (1974) | p. 389 |
| Hustler Magazine v. Falwell (1988) | p. 395 |
| Readings | p. 402 |
| The Right to Keep and Bear Arms | p. 403 |
| The Supreme Court and the Second Amendment | p. 404 |
| United States v. Miller (1939) | p. 404 |
| The States and the Second Amendment | p. 406 |
| Rethinking the Second Amendment | p. 407 |
| Readings | p. 411 |
| The Right to Privacy | p. 412 |
| The Right to Privacy: Foundations | p. 413 |
| Griswold v. Connecticut (1965) | p. 415 |
| Reproductive Freedom and the Right to Privacy: Abortion | p. 421 |
| Roe v. Wade (1973) | p. 423 |
| Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey (1992) | p. 441 |
| Private Activities and the Application of Griswold | p. 457 |
| Bowers v. Hardwick (1986) | p. 458 |
| Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Department of Health (1990) | p. 464 |
| Readings | p. 474 |
| The Rights of the Criminally Accused | |
| The Criminal Justice System and Constitutional Rights | p. 479 |
| Overview of the Criminal Justice System | p. 479 |
| Trends in Court Decisionmaking | p. 482 |
| Investigations and Evidence | p. 485 |
| The Fourth Amendment: Historical Notes | p. 486 |
| The Supreme Court and the Fourth Amendment | p. 487 |
| Illinois v. Gates (1983) | p. 488 |
| Katz v. United States (1967) | p. 493 |
| Vernonia School District 47J v. Acton (1995) | p. 502 |
| Terry v. Ohio (1968) | p. 508 |
| Enforcing the Fourth Amendment: The Exclusionary Rule | p. 517 |
| Mapp v. Ohio (1961) | p. 519 |
| United States v. Leon (1984) | p. 526 |
| The Fifth Amendment and Self-Incrimination | p. 531 |
| Escobedo v. Illinois (1964) | p. 532 |
| Miranda v. Arizona (1966) | p. 536 |
| Dickerson v. United States (2000) | p. 548 |
| Readings | p. 554 |
| Attorneys, Trials, and Punishments | p. 556 |
| The Right to Counsel | p. 556 |
| Powell v. Alabama (1932) | p. 557 |
| Gideon v. Wainwright (1963) | p. 561 |
| The Pretrial Period and the Right to Bail | p. 567 |
| United States v. Salerno (1987) | p. 567 |
| The Sixth Amendment and Fair Trials | p. 571 |
| Batson v. Kentucky (1986) | p. 574 |
| Sheppard v. Maxwell (1966) | p. 581 |
| Richmond Newspapers v. Virginia (1980) | p. 585 |
| Trial Proceedings | p. 589 |
| Final Trial Stage: An Overview of Sentencing | p. 590 |
| The Eighth Amendment | p. 591 |
| Gregg v. Georgia (1976) | p. 593 |
| McCleskey v. Kemp (1987) | p. 602 |
| The Double Jeopardy Clause | p. 612 |
| Attorneys, Trials, and Punishments: (Re)Emerging Issues | p. 614 |
| Readings | p. 614 |
| Civil Rights | |
| Civil Rights and the Constitution | p. 619 |
| The Fourteenth Amendment | p. 620 |
| The Fifteenth Amendment | p. 626 |
| Discrimination | p. 628 |
| Racial Discrimination | p. 628 |
| Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) | p. 629 |
| Sweatt v. Painter (1950) | p. 636 |
| Brown v. Board of Education (I) (1954) | p. 638 |
| Brown v. Board of Education (II) (1955) | p. 642 |
| Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education (1971) | p. 645 |
| United States v. Fordice (1992) | p. 650 |
| Loving v. Virginia (1967) | p. 656 |
| Shelley v. Kraemer (1948) | p. 661 |
| Burton v. Wilmington Parking Authority (1961) | p. 664 |
| Moose Lodge No. 107 v. Irvis (1972) | p. 666 |
| Sex Discrimination | p. 669 |
| Reed v. Reed (1971) | p. 671 |
| Frontiero v. Richardson (1973) | p. 674 |
| Craig v. Boren (1976) | p. 677 |
| United States v. Virginia (1996) | p. 683 |
| Rostker v. Goldberg (1981) | p. 691 |
| Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation | p. 696 |
| Romer v. Evans (1996) | p. 696 |
| Other Forms of Discrimination | p. 702 |
| San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez (1973) | p. 704 |
| Saenz v. Roe (1999) | p. 711 |
| Remedying the Effects of Discrimination: Affirmative Action | p. 718 |
| Regents of the University of California v. Bakke (1978) | p. 721 |
| Johnson v. Transportation Agency of Santa Clara County, California (1987) | p. 729 |
| City of Richmond v. J. A. Croson Co. (1989) | p. 733 |
| Adarand Constructors, Inc. v. Pena (1995) | p. 739 |
| Contemporary Developments in Discrimination Law | p. 745 |
| Readings | p. 748 |
| Voting and Representation | p. 750 |
| Voting Rights | p. 750 |
| Louisiana v. United States (1965) | p. 754 |
| South Carolina v. Katzenbach (1966) | p. 757 |
| California Democratic Party v. Jones (2000) | p. 763 |
| Political Representation | p. 766 |
| Baker v. Carr (1962) | p. 769 |
| Reynolds v. Sims (1964) | p. 774 |
| Miller v. Johnson (1995) | p. 786 |
| Readings | p. 793 |
| Reference Material | |
| Constitution of the United States | p. 797 |
| Federalist Paper, No. 78 | p. 807 |
| U.S. Presidents | p. 811 |
| Thumbnail Sketch of the Supreme Court's History | p. 813 |
| The Justices | p. 815 |
| Natural Courts | p. 821 |
| Supreme Court Calendar | p. 827 |
| Briefing Supreme Court Cases | p. 828 |
| Glossary | p. 830 |
| Subject Index | p. 835 |
| Case Index | p. 853 |
| Illustration Credits | p. 860 |
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