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Law and Politics (POLI 104I, UC San Diego)
Course Texts:
O'Brien and Silverstein - Constitutional Law and Politics Volume One (11th edition) (OB1)
O'Brien and Silverstein - Constitutional Law and Politics Volume Two (11th edition) (OB2)
Session One - Preliminaries (OB1 – 2a-e)
Slides
Discussion of: law, politics, strategic interaction, common law, judicial review, state and federal courts (see p. 111 in OB1), adverseness, standing, ripeness, mootness, stare decisis, political questions, certiorari, Supreme Court procedure, theories of law, legal positivism, legal naturalism.
Session Two - Incorporation (OB2 – 4a)
Slides 1 Slides 2
Barron v. The Mayor and City of Baltimore
Butcher’s Benevolent Association v. Crescent City Livestock Landing & Slaughterhouse Co.
Hurtado v. California
Palko v. Connecticut
Adamson v. California
Rochin v. California
Session Three - Incitement (OB2 – 5a)
Slides
Schenck v. United States
Gitlow v. People of the State of New York
Dennis v. United States
Brandenburg v. Ohio
Session Four - Obscenity (OB2 – 5b (first half))
Slides
Regina v. Hicklin
Roth v. United States
Stanley v. Georgia
Miller v. California
Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union
Ashcroft v. Free Speech Coalition
Session Five - Executive power (OB1 – 4a-d)
Slides
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer
New York Times Co. v. United States
Schechter Poultry Corporation v. United States
Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Chadha
Clinton v. City of New York
Trump v. Hawaii
United States v. Nixon
Clinton v. Jones
Session Six - Election Law (OB1 - 8c)
Slides
Bush v. Gore
Buckley v. Valeo
McConnell v. Federal Election Commission
Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission
Arizona Free Enterprise Club’s Freedom Club Pac v. Bennett
Republican Party of Minnesota v. White
Rutan v. Republican Party of Illinois
McIntyre v. Ohio Elections Commission
Session Seven - Threats and Offensive Speech (OB2 – 5b (second half))
Slides
Cohen v. California
Federal Communications Commission v. Pacifica Foundation
Bethel School District No. 403 v. Fraser
R.A.V. v. City of St. Paul, Minnesota
Wisconsin v. Mitchell
Virginia v. Black
Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association (optional)
Session Eight - Guns (OB2 pp. 365-387)
Slides
Common law limitations on weapons
United States v. Cruikshank
Presser v. Illinois
Miller v. Texas
District of Columbia v. Heller
McDonald v. City of Chicago
New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v. Bruen
Session Nine - Privacy and Reproductive Freedom (OB2 – 11)
Slides
Griswold v. Connecticut
Roe v. Wade
Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey
Dobbs v. Jackson
Session Ten - Privacy and Personal Autonomy (OB2 - 11)
Slides
Lawrence v. Texas
Cruzan by Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Department of Health
Washington v. Glucksberg
Vacco v. Quill
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