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Constitutional Rights

An introduction to U.S. Constitutional rights.
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Topics include:
  • History of the U.S. Constitution
  • Rights denied since 1788
  • The U.S. Court System
  • Civil Liberties
  • Civil Rights
  • Rights of the Accused
  • Multiculturalism
  • Concepts of Law
  • American Legal Theorists
  • Constitutional Interpretations
  • Due Process and Equal Protection
  • Exclusion and Civil Rights Struggles
  • Landmark Court Cases
An image of the left corner of the U.S. Constitution that reads "We the People."

Resources: Founding

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Declaration of Independence

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U.S. Constitution

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Federalist Papers

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Anti-Federalist Papers

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Philadelphia Convention

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Articles of Confederation

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Writings of James Madison

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Resources: 19th Century

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Writings of Abraham Lincoln

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Writings of Frederick Douglass

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Sojourner Truth

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Online Resources

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The 1st Amendment Encyclopedia

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Library of Congress

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Congress.Gov

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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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Regents of Univ. of CA vs. Bakke (1978)

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