| Preface | p. ix |
| Foreword | p. xvii |
| The Constitution and the Courts of the United States | p. 1 |
| The Constitution: What Is It? | p. 1 |
| The Constitution: Whose Is It? | p. 1 |
| The Constitution: What Does It Mean? | p. 3 |
| The Incorporation of the Bill of Rights | p. 4 |
| The State Action Requirement | p. 6 |
| Judicial Architecture: How Our Court System Works | p. 6 |
| Majority and Dissenting Opinions | p. 8 |
| How to Brief a Case | p. 9 |
| The Heart and Soul of the Constitution: Freedom of Expression | p. 11 |
| Expressive Conduct and the Right Not to Speak | p. 12 |
| West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette | p. 14 |
| The Right to Speak Freely and Protest (But Not to Disrupt) | p. 22 |
| Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District | p. 23 |
| The Confederate Flag and Other Racially Provocative Symbols | p. 29 |
| A Hirsute Lawsuit: Do Boys Have the Right to Wear Long Hair? | p. 32 |
| Karr v. Schmidt | p. 34 |
| Double Entendres and Double Standards: Lewd and Suggestive Language in a Student Government Campaign Speech | p. 36 |
| Bethel School District No. 403 v. Fraser | p. 37 |
| Coed Naked Civil Liberties | p. 41 |
| Thought Control or Quality Control? The Problem of Library Book Removal | p. 44 |
| Viewpoint Neutrality and Religious Speech: Good News for the Free Speech Rights of Religious Americans | p. 47 |
| Good News Club v. Milford Central School | p. 48 |
| All the News Fit to Print at School: Freedom of the Student Press | p. 55 |
| Freedom of the Student Press in Official School-Sponsored Activities | p. 56 |
| Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier | p. 57 |
| Squelching Debate: A Different Sort of Blair Witch-Hunt | p. 64 |
| Cyber Censors: Rising Conflicts over Internet Homepages | p. 67 |
| Killion v. Franklin Regional School District | p. 68 |
| Public Schools and Religion Under the Constitution | p. 71 |
| Freedom from Establishment of Religion at School | p. 72 |
| Engel v. Vitale | p. 73 |
| Saying a Benediction for Invocation | p. 77 |
| Lee v. Weisman | p. 78 |
| Santa Fe Independent School District v. Doe | p. 87 |
| Government Aid to Private Religious Schools: When Does It Cross the Establishment Line? | p. 93 |
| Everson v. Board of Education of the Township of Ewing | p. 93 |
| School Vouchers: Revolution in the Making? | p. 95 |
| Zelman v. Simmons-Harris | p. 97 |
| The First Amendment and the Ten Commandments | p. 102 |
| Stone v. Graham | p. 102 |
| The Court's Agonizing Ambivalence over Christmas Nativity Displays | p. 105 |
| One Nation, under Canada, with Constitutional Controversy for All: The New Establishment Clause over the Pledge of Allegiance | p. 107 |
| Newdow v. U.S. Congress | p. 108 |
| The Free Exercise Rights of Religious Americans | p. 111 |
| Wisconsin v. Yoder | p. 111 |
| The Theory of Evolution and the Story of Creation: An Ongoing Duel in the Classroom | p. 117 |
| The Fourth Amendment: Searches of Students and Their Belongings | p. 121 |
| The Reduced Right of Students to Expect Privacy of Their Belongings | p. 122 |
| New Jersey v. T. L. O. | p. 123 |
| Drug Tests and Strip Searches | p. 130 |
| Board of Education of Independent School District No. 92 of Pottawatomie County v. Earls | p. 131 |
| The Crime of Hanging Out with Gang Members: "Loitering with No Apparent Purpose" in Chicago | p. 140 |
| City of Chicago v. Morales | p. 141 |
| Discipline and Punishment: Due Process and the Eighth Amendment | p. 146 |
| Due Process | p. 147 |
| Goss v. Lopez | p. 148 |
| Corporal Punishment | p. 153 |
| Ingraham v. Wright | p. 153 |
| Corporal Punishment in the Aftermath of Ingraham v. Wright | p. 159 |
| Equal Protection: Drawing Lines by Race, Wealth, Gender, Citizenship, and Sexual Orientation | p. 161 |
| The Persistent Legacy of Slavery and Racism | p. 162 |
| Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka | p. 163 |
| Two Steps Forward, One Step Back: "Massive Resistance" and the Reaction to Brown | p. 167 |
| Cooper v. Aaron | p. 168 |
| Griffin v. County School Board of Prince Edward County | p. 170 |
| The Right to Love | p. 173 |
| Affirmative Action--or "Reverse Discrimination"? | p. 174 |
| Gratz v. Bollinger | p. 176 |
| Rich Schools, Poor Schools: The Court's Treatment of "Separate but Equal" School Financing | p. 179 |
| "Suspect" Classes and Sex-Based Segregation | p. 182 |
| Separating Citizens from Noncitizens under the Law | p. 185 |
| Plyer v. Doe | p. 186 |
| Discrimination against Gays and Lesbians | p. 194 |
| Boy Scouts of America v. Dale | p. 195 |
| Harassment in the Halls: Sexual Harassment and Bullying at School | p. 202 |
| When Teachers Harass Students | p. 204 |
| Gebser v. Lago Vista Independent School District | p. 204 |
| When Students Harass Students | p. 206 |
| Davis v. Monroe County Board of Education | p. 207 |
| The Right of Gay and Lesbian Students against Harassment | p. 215 |
| The Health of the Student Body: Disability, Privacy, Pregnancy, and Sexuality | p. 219 |
| The Rights of the "Differently Abled" under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act | p. 220 |
| Cedar Rapids Community School District v. Garret F. | p. 221 |
| Owasso Independent School Dist. No 1-011 v. Falvo | p. 224 |
| Three Trimesters: Pregnant at School | p. 227 |
| Pfeiffer v. Marion Center Area School District | p. 227 |
| Curtis v. School Committee of Falmouth | p. 231 |
| Abortion and the Privacy Rights of Teenagers | p. 233 |
| Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey | p. 233 |
| Supreme Court Confirmation Exercise: You Be the Judge | p. 239 |
| United States Constitution | p. 243 |
| Glossary | p. 260 |
| Bibliography | p. 268 |
| Marshall-Brennan Fellows 1999-2003 | p. 272 |
| Index | p. 275 |
| Photo Credits | p. 285 |
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