週次 |
日期 |
單元主題 |
Week 1 |
02/22 |
Syllabus and Introduction to US Constitution |
Week 2 |
02/29 |
No class (holiday adjustment) |
Week 3 |
03/07 |
Review of US Constitutional Structure and History |
Week 4 |
03/14 |
Separation of Powers: US v. Nixon |
Week 5 |
03/21 |
Federalism and US government, including Fletcher v. Peck summary |
Week 6 |
03/28 |
14th Amendment Equal Protection of the Laws (race): Brown v. Board of Ed. |
Week 7 |
04/04 |
No class (Tomb-Sweeping Festival) |
Week 8 |
04/11 |
14th Am. Equal Protection of the Laws (gay marriage): Obergefell v. Hodges, and review for midterm exam |
Week 9 |
04/18 |
Midterm Exam |
Week 10 |
04/25 |
1st Amendment Freedoms of Speech, Press, and Religion |
Week 11 |
05/02 |
Continue 1st Amendment discussion: Brandenburg v. Ohio |
Week 12 |
05/09 |
2nd Amendment and gun rights: DC v. Heller |
Week 13 |
05/16 |
Constitutional Law group case analysis |
Week 14 |
05/23 |
Right to privacy: Kyllo v. US and other cases |
Week 14 |
05/30 |
Criminal procedure amendments and rights: Miranda v. Arizona |
Week 15 |
06/06 |
Philosophies of US Constitutional Interpretation, including the late Justice Scalia, Final Exam Review |
Week 17 |
06/13 |
FINAL EXAM |