Cases and Controversies: Civil Rights and Liberties in Context

I. THE CONSTITUTION, THE BILL OF RIGHTS, AND JUDICIAL REVIEW. 1. To Form a More Perfect Union. 2. To Say What the Law Is. II. THE FIRST AMENDMENT: RELIGION, SPEECH, PRESS, AND ASSEMBLY. 3. An Establishment of Religion. 4. The Free Exercise of Religion. 5. Freedom of Speech. 6. Freedom of the Press. 7. Freedom of Assembly and Association. III. RACE, GENDER, AND THE EQUAL PROTECTION CLAUSE. 8. Race: Slavery and Segregation. 9. Schools: Separate and Unequal. 10. The Bill of Rights at War: The Wartime Internment of Japanese Americans. 11. Race, Gender, and Affirmative Action. 12. Gender and the Constitution. IV. THE RIGHT TO PRIVACY AND THE DUE PROCESS CLAUSE. 13. Sterilization, Contraception, and Abortion. 14. The Rights of Gays and Lesbians. 15. The Right to Die. United States Constitution. Justices of the Supreme Court.