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CLASS #TOPICSREADINGSCASESWRITINGS
1Introduction: What is Law? What is the Constitution?Kafka, Franz. "Before the Law." [Handout]
2Same as aboveMorgan, Edmund S. The Birth of the Republic. Pp. 129-156. [Handout]

Zinn, Howard. A People's History of the United States. Pp. 89-101. [Handout]

Hall, Kermit, et al., eds. American Legal History. Pp. 80-96.
3The Constitution and Judicial ReviewThe Constitution. Members of the class will take responsibility for different portions.

Marshall, Thurgood. "Reflections on the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution."

Hoff, Joan. Law, Gender, and Injustice: A Legal History of U.S. Women. Pp. 27-31.

"The Slaves' Appeal to the Royal Governor of Massachusetts (1774)." [Handout]

Adams, Abigail. "Correspondence with John (1776)." [Handout]
4Same as aboveGreenberg, Ellen. The Supreme Court Explained. Pp. 1-12, 61-75, and any other portions of the book that you wish. You will find that you will refer back to this book frequently over the course of the semester.

Garraty, John A. "The Case of the Missing Commissions." In Quarrels that Have Shaped the Constitution, by Garraty. Pp. 7-19.

Hall, Kermit, et al., eds. American Legal History. Pp. 103-105, 109-113.
Marbury v. Madison, 5 U.S. 137 (1803).
5Property Rules in the New NationCurrent, Richard N. "The Dartmouth College Case." In Quarrels..., by Garraty. Pp. 21-35.

Hammond, Bray. "The Bank Cases." In Quarrels..., by Garraty. Pp. 37-55.

Dangerfield, George. "The Steamboat Case." In Quarrels..., by Garraty. Pp. 57-69.

Graff, Henry F. "The Charles River Bridge Case." In Quarrels..., by Garraty. Pp. 71-85.

Hall, Kermit, et al., eds. American Legal History. Pp. 114-116, 121-132, 139-150.
Dartmouth College v. Woodward, 17 U.S. (1819).

McCulloch v. Maryland, 17 U.S. 316 (1819).

Gibbons v. Ogden, 22 U.S. 1 (1824).

Charles River Bridge Co. v. Warren Bridge Co., 36 U.S. 420 (1837).
6Property and Equality before The Civil WarKerber, Linda K. Women of the Republic: Intellect and Ideology in Revolutionary America. Pp. 137-155.

Hoff, Joan. Law, Gender, and Injustice: A Legal History of U.S. Women. Pp. 377-382.

Hall, Kermit, et al., eds. American Legal History. Pp. 255-260, 264-268.
Johnson v. M'Intosh, 21 U.S. 543 (1823).

Cherokee Nation v. Georgia, 30 U.S. 1 (1831).

Worcester v. Georgia, 31 U.S. 515 (1832).
7Same as aboveGenovese, Eugene D. Roll, Jordan, Roll: The World the Slaves Made. Pp. 25-49.

Fehrenbacher, Don E. "The Dred Scott Case." In Quarrels..., by Garraty. Pp. 87-99.

Hall, Kermit, et al., eds. American Legal History. Pp. 72-74, 187-190, 200-216.
Prigg v. Pennsylvania, 41 U.S. 539 (1842).

Dred Scott v. Sanford, 60 U.S. 393 (1857).
8Same as aboveCase Brief due
9Equality: The Strange Career of the 14th AmendmentHall, Kermit, et al., eds. American Legal History. Pp. 226-228, 230-236, 236-242, 250-255.

Westin, Alan F. "The Case of the Prejudiced Doorkeeper." In Quarrels..., by Garraty. Pp. 139-156.

Woodward, C. Vann. "The Case of the Louisiana Traveler." In Quarrels..., by Garraty. Pp. 157-174.
The Slaughterhouse Cases, 83 U.S. 36 (1873).

The Civil Rights Cases, 109 U.S. 3 (1883).

Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 U.S. 537 (1896).
10Same as above

Kingston, Maxine Hong. " 'The Laws,' from China Men (1980)."

Hall, Kermit, et al., eds. American Legal History. Pp. 260-264, 268-271.

Yick Wo v. Hopkins, 118 U.S. 356 (1886).

Bradwell v. Illinois, 83 U.S. 130 (1873).

Minor v. Happersett, 88 U.S. 162 (1875).

United States v. Schwimmer, 279 U.S. 644 (1929).

Ozawa v. United States, 260 U.S. 178 (1922).
11Property: The Fall and Rise of RegulationMcGrath, C. Peter. "The Case of the Unscrupulous Warehouseman." In Quarrels..., by Garraty. Pp. 119-138.

Apple, R. W., Jr. "The Case of the Monopolistic Railroadmen." In Quarrels..., by Garraty. Pp. 175-192.

Mason, Alpheus Thomas. "The Case of the Overworked Laundress." In Quarrels..., by Garraty. Pp. 193-208.

Hall, Kermit, et al., eds. American Legal History. Pp. 353-357, 362-374, 378-381, 383-386, 388-394, 460-464.
Munn v. Illinois, 94 U.S. 113 (1877).

In re Debs, 294 U.S. 564 (1895).

Northern Securities Co. et al. v. U.S., 193 U.S. 197 (1904).

Lochner v. New York, 198 U.S. 45 (1905).

Muller v. Oregon, 208 U.S. 412 (1908).
12Same as aboveLeuchtenburg, William E. "The Constitutional Revolution of 1937."

Freidel, Frank. "The Sick Chicken Case." In Quarrels..., by Garraty. Pp. 233-252.

Leuchtenburg, William E. "The Case of the Wenatchee Chambermaid." In Quarrels..., by Garraty. Pp. 266-284.

Hall, Kermit, et al., eds. American Legal History. Pp. 455-457, 470-478, 482-490.
Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States, 295 U.S. 495 (1935).

West Coast Hotel v. Parrish, 300 U.S. 379 (1937).

NLRB v. Jones and Laughlin Steel Co., 301 U.S. 1 (1937).
13Same as aboveFirst position paper due
14Liberty: Modernizing the First AmendmentHall, Kermit, et al., eds. American Legal History. Pp. 400-402, 407-419.

Parker, Alison M. Purifying America: Women, Cultural Reform, and Pro-Censorship Activism, 1873-1933. Pp. 134-157.

Polenberg, Richard. "Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., and Clear and Present Danger."
Schenck v. U.S., 249 U.S. 47 (1919).

Abrams et al. v. U.S., 250 U.S. 616 (1919).

United States v. One Book Entitled "Ulysses," 8 F.Supp. 182 (1933).
15Same as aboveStrum, Philippa. When the Nazis Came to Skokie: Freedom for Speech We Hate. Pp. 1-35.

Delgado, Richard, and Jean Stefancic. "'The Speech We Hate': The Romantic Appeal of First Amendment Absolutism: Does Defending Nazis Really Strengthen the System of Free Speech?"
Chaplinsky v. State of New Hampshire, 315 U.S. 568 (1942).

Terminiello v. City of Chicago, 337 U.S. 1 (1949).

National Socialist Party of America v. Village of Skokie, 434 U.S. 1327 (1977).

Texas v. Johnson, 491 U.S. 397 (1989).
16Liberty: Freedom of
(and from) Religion
Hall, Kermit, et al., eds. American Legal History. Pp. 74-75, 421-427, 535-538.

Dilliard, Irving. "The Flag-Salute Cases." In Quarrels..., by Garraty. Pp. 285-306.
Minersville School District v. Gobitis, 310 U.S. 586 (1940).

West Virginia State Board of Ed. v. Barnette, 319 U.S. 624 (1943).

Engel et al. v. Vitale et al., 370 U.S. 421 (1962).
17Same as aboveReadings on vouchers to be announced based on developments in the US Supreme Court.Wisconsin v. Yoder, 406 US 208 (1972).

Board of Ed. of Kiryas Joel Village School District v. Grumet, 512 U.S. 687 (1994).

Zelman v. Simmons-Harris, 536 U.S. ___ (2002).
18Equality: The Warren Court and Substantive Due ProcessIrons, Peter. "Gordon Hirabayashi v. United States."

Rehnquist, William H. All the Laws but One: Civil Liberties in Wartime. Pp. 184-211.

Hall, Kermit, et al., eds. American Legal History. Pp. 427-437, 490-493.
Hirabayashi v. United States, 320 U.S. 81 (1943).

Korematsu v. United States, 323 U.S. 214 (1944).

Ex parte Endo, 323 U.S. 273 (1944).

Palko v. Connecticut, 302 U.S. 219 (1937).

United States v. Carolene Products Co., 304 U.S. 144 (1938).
19Same as aboveHorwitz, Morton J. The Warren Court and the Pursuit of Justice. Pp. 1-51.

Kelly, Alfred H. "The School Desegregation Case." In Quarrels..., by Garraty. Pp. 307-333.

Hall, Kermit, et al., eds. American Legal History. Pp. 445-454, 510-518.
Shelley v. Kraemer, 334 U.S. 1 (1948).

Sweatt v. Painter, 339 U.S. 629 (1950).

Brown v. Board of Ed. of Topeka, Kansas, 347 U.S. 483 (1954).
20Liberty: The Warren Court and Implied LibertiesHorwitz, Morton J. The Warren Court and the Pursuit of Justice. Pp. 52-98.

Lewis, Anthony. "The Case of the Florida Drifter." In Quarrels..., by Garraty. Pp. 335-350.

Hall, Kermit, et al., eds. American Legal History. Pp. 541-545.
Gideon v. Wainright, 372 U.S. 335 (1963).

Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436 (1966).
21Same as aboveHorwitz, Morton J. The Warren Court and the Pursuit of Justice. Pp. 98-115.

Rosenberg, Rosalind. "The Abortion Case." In Quarrels..., by Garraty. Pp. 351-375.

Hall, Kermit, et al., eds. American Legal History. Pp. 518-526, 563-569.

Filene, Peter G. In the Arms of Others: A Cultural History of the Right-to-Die in America. Pp. 11-46.
Griswold v. Connecticut, 381 U.S. 479 (1965).

Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973).

Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pa. v. Casey, 505 U.S. 833 (1992).

Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Department of Health, 497 U.S. 621 (1990).
22Equality: The Rise and Fall of Affirmative ActionHall, Kermit, et al., eds. American Legal History. Pp. 526-530, 560-563.

Johnson, Lyndon. "Howard University Address."

Readings on affirmative action to be announced based on developments in the US Supreme Court this spring.
University of California Regents v. Bakke, 438 U.S. 265 (1978).

Fullilove v. Klutznick, 448 U.S. 448 (1980).

Johnson v. Transportation Agency, Santa Clara County, 480 U.S. 616 (1987).

Adarand Constructors, Inc. v. Peña, 515 U.S. 200 (1995).

Hopwood v. Texas, 84 F.3d 720 (5th Cir. 1996), cert. denied, 116 S. Ct. 2581 (1996).

Gratz v. Bollinger, 122 F.Supp.2d 811 (2000).
23Same as aboveSecond position paper due
24Equality: Other Suspect ClassificationsMackinnon, Catharine A. "Sexual Harassment of Working Women: A Case of Sex Discrimination."

Schultz, Vicki. "Sex Is the Least of It: Let's Focus Harassment Law on Work, Not Sex."

Readings on Title IX to be announced based on developments this spring.
Meritor Savings Bank v. Vinson, 477 U.S. 57 (1986).

U.S. v. Virginia, 518 U.S. 515 (1996).
25Same as aboveLeonard, Arthur S. "From Bowers v. Hardwick to Romer v. Evans: Lesbian and Gay Rights in the U.S. Supreme Court."

Hall, Kermit, et al., eds. American Legal History. Pp. 570-574.
Loving v. Virginia, 388 U.S. 1 (1967).

Bowers v. Hardwick, 478 U.S. 186 (1986).

Baehr et al. v. Lewin, 852 P.2d 44 (1993).

Romer v. Evans, 517 U.S. 620 (1996).

Baker v. State of Vermont, 744 A.2d 865 (Vt. 1999).
26Liberty: Conservative ConstitutionalismHall, Kermit, et al., eds. American Legal History. Pp. 554-560.

Benedict, Michael Les. "The Supreme Court and Conservative Constitutionalism.

Meese, Edwin. "A Jurisprudence of Original Intention (1985)."
Lucas v. South Carolina Coastal Council, 505 U.S. 1003 (1992).

United States v. Lopez, 514 U.S. 549 (1995).

City of Boerne v. Flores, 117 S. Ct. 2157 (1997).
27Same as aboveHall, Kermit, et al., eds. American Legal History. Pp. 228-230 (for background), 545-550.

Dionne, E. J., Jr., and William Kristol, eds. Bush v. Gore: The Court Cases and the Commentary. 2001, pp. tba.
U.S. v. Nixon, 418 U.S. 683 (1974).

Clinton v. Jones, 520 U.S. 681 (1997).

Bush v. Gore, 531 U.S. ____ (2000).
28Same as aboveThird position paper due
 







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