Please note the revised syllabus for the final weeks of class, below.

Mon, 11/3: Judicial Activism in an Economic Vein: BLBA, 337-348, 350-351; McCloskey, 91-106 ; BLBA, 362-366, 369-374, McCloskey 106-113
Wed, 11/5: Provessivism and Constitutional Amendments XIV-XIX, BLBA 387-399
Mon, 11/10: The Judges Retreat: BLBA, 417-424, 426-431, 435-437, 464-469, 477-479; McCloskey, 117-126
Wed, 11/12: Wartime, Loyalty, "Suspect Classifications" and Military Trials: BLBA, 810-818, 1481-1489; Supplement 5-11;
Mon, 11/17: School Desegregation (Brown, Bolling, and Brown II, and the aftermath): BLBA, 737-746, 759-761, 768-773; 773-777, 783-784, 787-793; McCloskey, 148-153, 206-211
Wed, 11/19: McCloskey, 211-216; Affirmative Action Affirmed? Gratz v. Bollinger, Grutter v. Bollinger (web)
Mon, 11/24: Privacy and Abortion (Griswold and Roe): BLBA, 1134-1144, 1172-1185; McCloskey, 171-175, Short paper #2 due in class
Wed, 11/26: Thanksgiving recess
Mon, 12/1: Abortion and the Rehnquist Court, BLBA, 1202-1223, 1235-1241; Supplement, 161-167
Wed, 12/3: Sexual Orientation and the "Culture Wars": BLBA, 1242-1253, 1259-1271, Lawrence v. Texas (web); McCloskey, 175-178
Mon, 12/8: The Rehnquist Court's Restrictions on the Commerce Power: BLBA, 471-475, 512-530, Supplement, 19-44
Wed, 12/10: The 2000 Presidential Election Controversy: BLBA 728-730, Supplement, 90-120

Final Exam: Wednesday, December 17, 2:00pm - 4:00pm