02.13 Introduction, Human Rights in the U.S.
02.20 Preparation Week – No Class
02.27 228 Memorial Day – No Class
03.05 Preparation Week – No Class
03.12 Preparation Week – No Class
03.19 First Amendment: Sedition (Brandenburg v. Ohio , 395 U.S. 444 (1969))
03.26 First Amendment: Defamation (Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc., 418 U.S. 323 (1974))
04.02 Spring Break – No Class
04.09 First Amendment: Obscenity and Indecency (New York v. Ferber , 458 U.S. 747 (1982))
04.16 First Amendment: Commercial Speech (Lorillard Tobacco Co. v. Reilly , 533 U.S. 525 (2001))
04.23 Midterm Examination
04.30 Second Amendment: Right to Travel (Shapiro v. Thompson , 394 U.S. 618 (1969))
05.07 Right to (Information) Privacy: (United States v. Antoine Jones ( decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 23, 2012 ))
05.14 Gay Marriage: (Perry v. Brown ( decided by the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on February 7, 2012 ))
05.21 Fourteenth Amendment: Equal Protection (Grutter v. Bollinger , 539 U.S. 306 (2003))
05.28 Fourteenth Amendment: Equal Protection (Vieth v. Jubelirer , 541 U.S. 267 (2004))
06.04 Religious Education (Zelman v. Simmons-Harris , 563 U.S. 639 (2002))
06.11 Final Examination
