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