- What is Precedent? Basic Training on Learning Law by Reading and Discussing Cases - Compulsory Reading: The Constitution of the United States - Separation of Powers: A System of Checks and Balances - Necessary and Proper Clause, Art. I, Sec.8, Cl.18 - Commerce Clause - Executive Power - Due Process of Law - Substantive Due Process - Procedural Due Process - Equal Protection - Affirmative Action - Racial Gerrymandering - Gender & Sex Based Discrimination - Residency & Right to Travel - Right to Vote - Limits of Fundamental Rights - First Amendment Matters - Categories of Speech - Content Issues - Overbreadth and Vagueness - Prior Restraint - Establishment Clause - Administrative Law Basics - Selected Criminal Law Concept: Developments On Prohibition of Homosexual Sodomy - Selected Criminal Procedural Law Concept: Exclusionary Rule - Selected Torts Concept: Product Liability and the Frivolous Lawsuit Problem - Selected Law of Corporations Concept: Piercing the Corporate Veil - Selected Procedural Law Concept: Jury Trial Issues - Selected Conflicts of Law Concept: Law To Be Applied by Federal Court Over State Law Claim - Selected Contracts Law Concepts: Estoppel
INDEX
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHIES III
FOREWORD V
INDEX VII
INTRODUCTION 1 Declaration of Independence: A Legal Petition In Congress, July 4, 1776 1
What is Precedent? Basic Training on Learning Law by Reading and Discussing Cases 5
Yick Wo v. Hopkins, 118 U.S. 356 (1886) 5 Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 U.S. 537 (1896) 10 Brown v. Board of Education, 347 U.S. 483 (1954) . 18 Alexander v. Holmes County Board of Education, 396 U.S. 19 (1969) 21 Keyes v. School District No. 1, 413 U.S. 189 (1973) 23 Pasadena City Board of Education v. Spangler, 427 U.S. 424 (1976) 31
Compulsory Reading: The Constitution of the United States 37
Separation of Powers: A System of Checks and Balances 53
Bonham v. College of Physicians (1610) 53 Marbury v. Madison, 5 U.S. 137 (1803) 55 Cooper v. Aaron, 358 U.S. 1 (1958) 67 Martin v. Hunter's Lessee 14 U.S. 304 (1816). 72 Ex Parte Mc Cardle 74 U.S. 506, (1869) 80 Title 28, Part IV, Chapter 81 Supreme Court U.S.C.A. Section 1254 Courts of Appeals; Certiorari; Certified Questions; Section 1257 State Courts; Certiorari 82
Necessary and Proper Clause, Art. I, Sec.8, Cl.18 83
McCulloch v. Maryland, 17 U.S. 316 (1819) 83
Commerce Clause. 99
United States v. Lopez, 514 U.S. 549 (1995) 99 United States v. Morrison, 529 U.S. 598 (2000) 114
Executive Power 135
United States v. Nixon, 418 U.S. 683 (1974) 135 Buckley v. Valeo, 424 U.S. 1 (1976) 143 Morrison v. Olson, 487 U.S. 654 (1988) 150
Due Process of Law 161
Lochner v. New York, 198 U.S. 45 (1905) 161 Nebbia v. New York, 291 U.S. 502 (1934) 170 Ferguson v. Skrupa, 372 U.S. 726 (1963) 179
Substantive Due Process 183
Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973) 183 Webster v. Reproductive Health Services, 492 U.S. 490 (1989) 192 Planned Parenthood v.Casey, 505 U.S. 833 (1992) 200
Procedural Due Process 219
Board of Regents of State Colleges v. Roth, 408 U.S. 564 (1972) 219 Perry v. Sindermann, 408 U.S. 593 (1972) 224 Vitek v. Jones, 445 U.S. 480 (1980) .228
Equal Protection 237
Railway Express Agency, Inc. v. New York, 336 U.S. 106 (1949) 237 Fitzgerald v. Racing Association of Central Iowa, 539 U.S. 103 (2003) 239 Loving v. Virginia 388 U.S. 1 (1967) 243
Affirmative Action 249
Regents of the University of California v Bakke, 438 US 265 (1978) 249 Grutter v Bollinger, 539 US 206 (2003) 263
Racial Gerrymandering 283
Shaw v Reno, 509 US 630 (1993) 283 Shaw v Hunt, 517 US 899 (1996) 289 Easley v Cromartie, 532 US 234 (2001) 296
Gender & Sex Based Discrimination 307
Mississippi University For Women v Hogan, 458 US 718 (1982) 307 Romer v Evans, 517 US 620 (1996) 312
Residency & Right to Travel 329
Shapiro v Thompson, 394 US 618 (1969) 329 Dunn v Blumstein, 405 US 330 (1972) 336 McCarthy v Philadelphia Civil Service Commission, 424 U S 645 (1976) 346 Saenz v Roe 526 US 489 (1999) 347
Right to Vote 355
Harper v Virginia Board of Elections, 383 US 663 (1966) 355 Bush v Gore, 531 US 98 (2000) 358
Limits of Fundamental Rights 367
San Antonio Independent School District v Rodriguez, 411 US 1 (1973) 367 Plyler v Doe 457 US 202, (1982) 386
First Amendment Matters 397
Schenk v United States, 249 US 47 (1919) 397 Gitlow v New York, 268 US 652 (1925) 400 Whitney v California, 274 US 357 (1927) 405 Brandenburg v Ohio, 395 US 444 (1969) 410 Cohen v California, 403 US 15 (1971) 412
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People v Claiborne Hardware Co, 458 US 886 (1981) 416
Categories of Speech 425
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire, 315 US 568 (1942) 425 R A V v City of St Paul, 505 US 377 (1992) 427 Virginia v Black, 538 US 343 (2003) 430
Content Issues 433
United States v O'Brien, 391 US 367 (1968) 433 Police Dept of Chicago v Mosley, 408 US 92 (1972) 441 Boos v Barry, 485 US 312 (1988) 445 Texas v Johnson, 491 US 397 (1989) 454 Simon & Schuster, Inc v Members of the New York State Crime Victims Board, 502 US 105 (1991) 464 Turner Broadcasting System, Inc v Federal Communications Commission, 512 US 622 (1997) 476 Hill v Colorado, 530 US 703 (2000) 492
Overbreadth and Vagueness 505
Connally v General Construction Co, 269 US 385 (1926) 505 National Association For the Advancement of Colored People v Patterson, 357 US 449 (1958) 509 Broadrick v Oklahoma, 413 US 601 (1973) 515 Riley v National Federation of the Blind of North Carolina, 487 US 781 (1988) 520 Chicago v Morales, 527 US 41 (1999) 529 Virginia v Hicks, 539 US 113 (2003) 536
Prior Restraint 541
Near v Minnesota, 283 US 697 (1931) 541 New York Times Co v United States, 403 US 713 (1971) 545 Thomas v Chicago Park District, 534 US 316 (2002) 551
Establishment Clause 555
Lemon v Kurtzman, 403 US 602 (1971) 555 Lee v Weisman, 505 US 577 (1992) 561 County of Allegheny v American Civil Liberties Union, 492 US 573 (1989) 567 Santa Fe Independent School District v Doe, 530 US 290 (2000) 573 Zelman v Simmons-Harris, 536 US 639 (2002) 579
Administrative Law Basics 585
Chevron v Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc, 467 US 837 (1984) 585 United States v Mead Corp , 533 US 218 (2001) 596
Selected Criminal Law Concept: Developments On Prohibition of Homosexual Sodomy 605
Bowers v Hardwick, 478 US 186 (1986) 605 Lawrence v Texas, 539 US 558 (2003) 607
Selected Criminal Procedural Law Concept: Exclusionary Rule 611
Weeks v United States, 232 US 383 (1914) 611 Silverthorne Lumber Co, Inc v United States, 251 US 385 (1920) 614 Mapp v Ohio, 367 US 643 (1961) 615 Hudson v Michigan, 547 US 586 (2006) 618
Selected Torts Concept: Product Liability and the Frivolous Lawsuit Problem 621
Greenman v Yuba Power Products, Inc, 59 Cal 2d 57 (Cal 1963) 621
Selected Law of Corporations Concept: Piercing the Corporate Veil 623
Walkovsky v Carlton, 223 NE 2d 6 (NY 1966) 623
Selected Procedural Law Concept: Jury Trial Issues 631
Batson v Kentucky, 476 US 79 (1986) 631 Blanton v City of North Las Vegas, 489 US 538 (1989) 636 Markman v Westview Instruments, Inc , 517 US 370 (1996) 638
Selected Conflicts of Law Concept: Law To Be Applied by Federal Court Over State Law Claim 643
Swift v Tyson, 41 US 1 (1842) 643 Erie Railroad Co v Tompkins, 304 US 64 (1938) 646 Gasperini v Center For Humanities, Inc, 518 US 415 (1996) 649
Selected Contracts Law Concepts: Estoppel 653
§90 Promise Reasonably Inducing Definite and Substantial Action 653 28 Am Jur 2d Estoppel and Waiver § 35 653
