POLS 302 - A

U.S. Constitution II
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120 Wohlers
9:30-10:50 TuTh
Fall 2016
11:00-12:00 TuTh

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Professor Seitz
405 DKH
333-7429 (lab main)
s-seitz@illinois.edu

Readings
1. Erwin Chemerinsky, Constitutional Law: Principles and Policies, 5th ed. [light brown
cover] Required
a. Chs. 6,7,9,10,11,12
2. We will supplement the book with many assigned court cases from Justicia (on the web),
or Oyez or Avalon, or Findlaw etc. We recommend using Justicia.
Course Abstract / Outlines
This course looks at three arenas of constitutional rights:
Civil Rights and Liberties (ch.6)
Procedural Due Process (ch.7)
Equal Protection (ch.9)
Fundamental Rights (ch.10)
1st Amendment (ch.11-12)
Other Matters
1. Class attendance and participation is very important. We will use one or more of the
following methods for routinized participation accounting.
a. Use grade rosters to call upon students to report basic case facts, findings,
implications, etc.
b. Use volunteers to report the case brief.
2. The easiest way to contact me is via email at s-seitz@illinois.edu.
3. Grading for the course will involve the full plus/minus system. Each of three quizzes
counts 30% of the grade, respectively, or 90% of total. Your class attendance and
participation will count 10%.

Date

Reading/Class Topic

08/23/16

Welcome: Two Constitutions? (Phase II)

08/25/16

Constitution of the United States

Chemerinsky: 6.1,6.2,6.3
Barron v. Mayor & City Council of Baltimore 1833
Slaughter-House Cases 1872
Palco v Connecticut, 1937
Saenz v. Roe 1999
Boumediene v Bush 2008
McDonald v. City of Chicago 2010

08/30/16

Chemerinsky: 6.4,6.5
{When assigned a chapter topic (e.g. 6.4), also read all
subparts of that topic (e.g. 6.4.1, 6.4.2).}
The Civil Rights Cases 1883
Jackson v. Metropolitan Edison Co. 1974
Lloyd Corp. v. Tanner 1972
Hudgens v. National Labor Relations Board 1976
Rendell-Baker v. Kohn 1982
Brentwood Academy v. Tennessee Secondary School
Athletic Association 2001

09/01/16

Chemerinsky: 7.1,7.2
District Attorneys Office for the Third Judicial Circuit v
Osborne 2009
Daniels v Williams 1986
County of Sacramento v Lewis 1998
DeShaney v Winnebago County Department of Social
Services 1989
Town of Castle Rock v Gonzales 2005
Parratt v Taylor 1981

09/06/16

Chemerinsky 7.3,7.4
Goldberg v Kelly 1970
Board of Regents v Roth 1972
Goss v Lopez 1975
Sandin v Connor 1995
Paul v Davis 1976
Mathews v Eldridge 1976

09/08/16

Chemerinsky: 9.1,9.2,9.3.1,9.3.2
Dred Scott v Sanford 1857
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
Brown v Board 1954
Brown v Board of Education 1955
Romer v Evans 1996
U.S. Department of Agriculture v Moreno 1973

09/13/16

Chemerinsky: 9.3.3,9.3.4,9.3.5
Palmore v. Sidoti 1984
Korematsu v. United States 1944
Loving v. Virginia 1967
Washington v Davis 1976
McCleskey v Kemp 1987
Village of Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing
Development Corp. 1977
Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle
School Dist. No. 1 2007
Richmond v. J.A. Croson Co 1989
Grutter v. Bollinger 2003

09/15/16

Chemerinsky: 9.4
Frontiero v Richardson 1973
United States v Virginia 1996
Craig v Boren 1976
Personnel Administrator of Massachusetts v. Feeney
1979
Orr v Orr 1979
Michael M. v. Superior Court 1981
Rostker v. Goldberg 1981
Nguyen v. Immigration and Naturalization Service 2001

09/20/16

Chemerinsky: 9.5,9.6,9.7
Graham v. Richardson 1971
Foley v. Connelie, 1978
Massachusetts Board of Retirement v. Murgia 1976
Plyler v Doe 1982
City of Cleburne, Texas v. Cleburne Living Center, Inc.
1985

09/22/16

Quiz I

09/27/16

Chemerinsky, 10.1 & 10.2

Loving v Virginia 1967
Zablocki v Redhail 1978
Stanley v Ilinois 1972
Michael H.v Gerald D. 1989
Moore v East Cleveland 1977
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972

09/29/16

Chemerinsky, 10.3
Buck v Bell 1927
Skinner v Oklahoma 1942
Griswold v Connecticut 1965
Eisenstadt v Baird 1972
Roe v Wade 1973
Webster v Reproductive Services 1989
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992

10/04/16

Chemerinsky, 10.4, 10.5, & 10.6

Bowers v Hardwick 1986
Lawrence v Texas 2003
Youngberg v Romeo 1982
Estelle v Gamble 1976
Jacobsen v Massachusetts 1905
Cruzan v Director, Missouri Department of Public
Health 1990
Whalen v Roe 1977
Obergefell v Hodges 2015

10/06/16

Chemerinsky, 10.7, 10.8.1, 10.8.2

The Passenger Cases 1949
Crandall v Nevada 1867
United States v Guest 1966
Edwards v California 1941
Shapiro v Thompson 1969
Jones v Halms 1981

10/11/16

Chemerinsky, 10.8.3, 10.8.4, 10.8.5, 10.8.6

Harper v Virginia State Board of Elections 1966
Baker v Carr 1962
Reynolds v Sims 1964
Kramer v Union Free School District 1969
Bush v Gore 2000

10/13/16

Chemerinsky, 10.9, 10.10, 10.11

Windsor v McVeigh 1896
Gideon v Wainwright 1963
Boddie v Connecticut 1971
Ex Parte Hull 1941
United States v Miller 1939
District of Columbia v Heller 2008
San Antonio Independent School District v Rodriguez
1973

10/18/16

Chemerinsky, 12.1, 12.2

Cantwell v Connecticut 1940
Everson v Board of Education 1947
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
Widmar v Vincent 1981
Lambs Chapel v Center Moriches Union Free School
District 1993
United States v Seeger 1965
United States v Ballard 1944
Capitol Square Review and Advisory Board v Pinette
1995

10/20/16

Chemerinsky, 12.3
Reynolds v United States 1878
Sherbert v Verner 1963
Employment Division v Smith 1990
Gonzales v. O Centro Espirita Beneficente Uniao do
Vegetal 2006
Watson v Jones 1871
Kedroff v St. Nicholas Cathedral 1952

10/25/16

Quiz II (30%)

10/27/16

Chemerinsky, 11.1-11.2
Whitney v California 1927
New York Times v Sullivan 1964
Boos v Barry 1988
Republican Party of Minnesota v White 202
Simon & Schuster, Inc. v Members of the New York
State Crimes Victims Board 1991
Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. v FCC 1994

11/01/16

Chemerinsky, 11.3.1-11.3.3
Schenck v United States 1919
Debs v United States 1919
Abrams v United States 1919
Gitlow v New York 1925
Fiske v Kansas 1927
Dennis v United States 1951
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
R.A.V. v City of St. Paul 1992

11/03/16

Chemerinsky, 11.3.4
Roth v United Stated 1957
Miller v California 1973
New York v Ferber 1982
Ashcroft v Free Speech Coalition 2002
Young v American-Mini Theaters, Inc. 1976
City of Renton v Playtime Theaters, Inc. 1986
Cohen v California 1971

11/08/16

Chemerinsky, 11.3.5
New York Times v Sullivan 1964 (again)
Rosenblatt v Baer 1966
Gertz v Welch 1974
Masson v New Yorker 1991
Philadelphia Newspapers, Inc. v Hepps 1986
Time, Inc. v Hill 1967

11/10/16

Chemerinsky, 11.3.6
Stromberg v California 1931
Spence v Washington 1974
United States v OBrian 1968
Street v New York 1969
United States v Eichman 1990
Brown v Hartlage 1982
Buckley v Valeo 1976

11/15/16

Chemerinsky, 11.3.7
Valentine v Chrestensen 1942
Bigelow v Virginia 1975
Virginia v State Board of Pharmacy v Virginia Citizens
Consumer Council, Inc. 1976
Central Hudson Gas and Electric Corp v Public Service
Commission of New York 1980
Bolger v Youngs Drug Products Corp 1983
Pittsburgh Press Co. v The Pittsburgh Commission on
Human Relations 1973
Bates v State Bar of Arizona 1977

11/17/16

Chemerinsky, 11.3.8-11.3.10
Garcetti v Ceballos 2006
Elfbrandt v Russell 1966
Cole v Richardson 1972
Elrod v Burns 1976
Bridges v California 1941
Gentile v State Bar of Nevada 1991
DeBartello Corp.v Florida Gulf Coast Building and
Construction Trades Council 1988

11/29/16

Chemerinsky, 11.4
Hague v CIO 1939
Schneider v State of New Jersey 1939
Perry Educational Association v Perry Local Educators
Association 1983
Chicago v Mosley 1972
Hill v Colorado 2000
Heffron v International Society for Krishna
Consciousness 1981
Hudgens v National Labor Relations Board 1976
Pruneyard Shopping Center v Robins 1980

12/01/16

Chemerinsky, 11.5
Scales v United States 1961
Keyishian v Board of Regents 1967
Baird v State Bar 1971
NAACP v Alabama ex rel Patterson 1958
Citizens United v Federal Election Commission 2010
Roberts v United States Jaycees 1984
Boy Scouts of America v Dale 2000

12/06/16

Chemerinsky, 11.6
Grosjean v American Press Co. 1936
Leathers v Medlock 1991
Associated Press v United States 1945
Cohen v Cowles Media Co. 1991
Branzburg v Hayes 1972
Red Lion Broadcasting Co. v FCC 1969
Miami Herald v Tornillo 1974
Richmond Newspapers v Virginia 1980

12/13/16

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