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D-155 – Constitutional Law I

3 Credits

Examination of constitutional development including judicial review; the relationship in our federal system between the federal government and the states; the relationship of the states to each other; the powers of the judiciary; the powers of Congress; the powers of the President; the residual powers of the states; protection of the rights of individuals; procedural due process; substantive due process, including the development of rights under the 14th Amendment and under the "Bill of Rights"; equal protections of the laws; privileges and immunities of citizens; and the First Amendment.

Fall Sections

Section A
Instructor Room Days Times
Burch 709 M, Th 11:00am - 12:30pm

Required Materials:

Gladwell, Blink (with New Afterword), Little Brown & Company, ISBN: 9780316010665

Stone, Constitutional Law, Aspen Publishers Incorporated 6th Edition, ISBN: 9781454817956

Recommended Materials:

Chemerinsky, Constitutional Law: Principles & Policies, Aspen Publishers Incorporated 4th Edition, ISBN: 9780735598973

 

First Assignments:

Read material in the following order:

  1. Material posted on TWEN under First Class
  2. All of Blink

Stone pages 1-29
Section B
Instructor Room Days Times
Camp 305 M, Th 11:00am - 12:30pm

Required Materials:

Chemerinsky, Constitutional Law, Aspen Publishers Incorporated 3th Edition, ISBN: 9780735577176

Chemerinsky, Constitutional Law (2012 Supplement), Aspen Publishers Incorporated, ISBN: 9781454810841

Recommended Materials:

First Assignments:

1.       Read The Constitution of the United States, printed in pages xli – lvii of your textbook (Chemerinsky, Constitutional Law).  Then read again Articles I through VII.  We will discuss in class the broad purposes and provisions of each Article – for example, which branch of government has the authority to declare war, and where in the Constitution is this power specified?

2.   Read and be prepared to discuss pages 1 – 11 of your textbook (Chemerinsky, Constitutional Law).  In reading Marbury v. Madison, consider the questions proposed on page 2, just prior to the case.
Section C
Instructor Room Days Times
Camp 304 W, F 01:00pm - 02:30pm

Required Materials:

Chemerinsky, Constitutional Law, Aspen Publishers Incorporated 3th Edition, ISBN: 9780735577176

Chemerinsky, Constitutional Law (2012 Supplement), Aspen Publishers Incorporated, ISBN: 9781454810841

Recommended Materials:

First Assignments:

1.       Read The Constitution of the United States, printed in pages xli – lvii of your textbook (Chemerinsky, Constitutional Law).  Then read again Articles I through VII.  We will discuss in class the broad purposes and provisions of each Article – for example, which branch of government has the authority to declare war, and where in the Constitution is this power specified?

2.   Read and be prepared to discuss pages 1 – 11 of your textbook (Chemerinsky, Constitutional Law).  In reading Marbury v. Madison, consider the questions proposed on page 2, just prior to the case.
Section D
Instructor Room Days Times
Faulks 305 W, F 01:00pm - 02:30pm

Required Materials:

Chemerinsky, Constitutional Law, Aspen Publishers Incorporated 3th Edition, ISBN: 9780735577176

 

Recommended Materials:

Chemerinsky, Constitutional Law (2012 Supplement), Aspen Publishers Incorporated, ISBN: 9781454810841

Chemerinsky, Constitutional Law: Principles & Policies, Aspen Publishers Incorporated 4th Edition, ISBN: 9780735598973

Cogan, Contexts of Constitution, Foundation Press, ISBN: 9781566627832

First Assignments:

The authority for judicial review; methods of constitutional interpretation

xxxix-liv (The Constitution); 1-10, 11-34