The Marshall Court

Note: The Political Aftermath of Marbury

Stuart v. Laird

The Taney Court and the Civil War: 1835-1865

Note: Military Tribunals from the Civil War to 9/11

Ex Parte Milligan

Ex Parte Quirin

Economic Regulation, Federalism, and Separation of Powers in the Modern Era

United States v. Morrison (Commerce Power)

United States v. Morrison (Reconstruction Power)

Note: The Reconstruction Power, the Eleventh Amendment, and Sovereign Immunity

Kimel v. Florida Board of Regents

Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama v. Garrett

Nevada Department of Human Resources v. Hibbs

Federal Maritime Commission v. South Carolina State Ports Authority

Bush v. Gore

The Burdens of History: The Constitutional Treatment of Race

Brown v. City of Oneonta

Note: Racial Profiling After 9/11

Grutter v. Bollinger

Gratz v. Bollinger

Rice v. Cayetano

Sex Equality

Tuan Anh Nguyen v. INS

Implied Fundamental Rights: The Constitution, the Family, and the Body

Atkins v. Virginia

Troxel v. Granville

Stenberg v. Carhart

Lawrence v. Texas

Baker v. State

Note: Freedom of Association and Other Constitutional Limits to Civil Rights Protections for Gays, Lesbians, and Bisexuals

Boy Scouts of America v. Dale

The Constitution in the Modern Welfare State

Legal Services Corporation v. Velazquez

United States v. American Library Assocation

Mitchell v. Helms

Zelman v. Simmons-Harris