Doctor of Education, Higher Education
Constitutional Rights
An introduction to U.S. Constitutional rights.
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Topics include:
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History of the U.S. Constitution
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Rights denied since 1788
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The U.S. Court System
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Civil Liberties
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Civil Rights
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Rights of the Accused
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Multiculturalism
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Concepts of Law
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American Legal Theorists
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Constitutional Interpretations
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Due Process and Equal Protection
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Exclusion and Civil Rights Struggles
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Landmark Court Cases
Resources: Founding
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Resources: 19th Century
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Writings of Frederick Douglass
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Online Resources
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The 1st Amendment Encyclopedia
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Landmark Cases C-Span
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Marbury v. Madison (1803)
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McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)
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Scott v. Sandford (1857)
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The Slaughterhouse Cases (1873)
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Civil Rights Cases (1883)
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Yick Wo v. Hopkins (1886)
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Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
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Lochner v. New York (1905)
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Schenck v. United States (1919)
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Korematsu v. United States (1944)
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Youngstown S. & T. v. Sawyer (1952)
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Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
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Mapp v. Ohio (1961)
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Baker v. Carr (1962)
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Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)
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Griswold v. Connecticut (1965)
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Miranda v. Arizona (1966)
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Katz v. United States (1967)
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Tinker v. Des Moines (1969)
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Brandenburg v. Ohio (1969)
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New York Times v. United States (1971)
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Roe v. Wade (1973)
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Gregg v. Georgia (1976)
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Landmark Supreme Court Cases
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Schenck v. United States (1919)
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Korematsu v. United States (1944)
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Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
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Griswold v. Connecticut (1965)
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Citizens United v. F.E.C. (2010)
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