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Lesson Activity

Getting Started

  • Complete "Getting Started" activities and assignment.
  • Read Syllabus
  • Carefully review requirements for participation in "on deck" group discussions
1: Background and Basics
  • Readings:
    • Federalist Papers – 10, 51, 78 – available online at: http://thomas.loc.gov/home/histdox/fedpapers.html
      (Note: Federalist Paper 78 is also available in Epstein and Walker (E&W) Appendix 2, pg. 687-690)
    • U.S. Constitution (E&W Appendix 1, 675-686)
    • E&W (1-48)
       
  • Activities:
    • "On Deck" discussion group 1; reflective posts
    • Essay
2: Judicial Review – Sources and Limits

Ripeness/Mootness
3: Judicial Review – Limits cont.
4: The Executive – Inherent and Emergency Powers

  • Readings:

    Executive Power (E&W, 180-183)

    War/Emergency Powers (E&W, 273-275)

  • Activities:
    • "On Deck" discussion group 4; reflective posts
    • Essay
5: The Executive cont. and The Legislature

  • Readings:

    Immunity/Privilege

    The Legislature

    • U.S. v. Nixon (1974) (E&W, 224-228)
    • Nixon v. Fitzgerald (E&W, 231-236)
    • Clinton v. Jones (E&W, 236-242)
    • McColloch v. Maryland (E&W, 332-336)
    • Dred Scott v. Sanford (E&W, 338-345)
    • Michigan v. Long (E&W, 379-382)
       
  • Activities
    • "On Deck" discussion group 5; reflective posts
6: The Legislature – The Commerce Clause

  • Readings:

    Origins of interpretation

    Court Packing Plan and The Switch In Time That Saved Nine (E&W, 428-432)

    • Gibbons v. Ogden (E&W, 402-407)
    • Champion v. Ames (E&W, 464-468)
    • Hammer v. Dagenhart (E&W, 345-348)
    • A. L. A. Schecter Poultry Corp. v. US (E&W, 418-424)
    • NLRB v. Jones and Laughlin Steel (E&W, 433-438)
    • US v. Darby (E&W, 439-441)
    • Wickard v. Filburn (E&W, 441-444)
    • Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. US (E&W, 468-471)
       
  • Activities
    • "On Deck" discussion group 6; reflective posts
Midterm Exam
  • Complete and submit your Midterm Exam.

7: The Legislature cont. – Tenth Amendment and Modern Interpretations of the Commerce Clause
  • Readings:

    The Tenth Amendment

    Commerce Clause – Modern Interpretations

    • National League of Cities v. Usery (E&W, 351-357)
    • Garcia v. SAMTA (E&W, 357-362)
    • US v. Lopez (E&W, 446-452)
    • Printz v. US (E&W, 365-371)
    • US v. Morrison (E&W, 452-456)
    • Gonzales v. Raich (E&W, 456-464)
       
  • Activities:
    • "On Deck" discussion group 7; reflective posts
8: The Legislature cont. – Dormant Commerce Clause and Taxing and Spending

  • Readings:

    Dormant Commerce Clause (E&W, 477-481)

    Taxing and Spending (E&W, 492-496)

  • Activities:
    • "On Deck" discussion group 8; reflective posts
9: The Legislature cont. – Limits on Legislative Power and Separation of Powers

  • Readings:

    The Takings Clause (641-644)

    Separation of Powers

    • Lucas v. South Carolina Coastal Council (E&W, 654-658)
    • Hawaii Housing Authority v. Midkiff (E&W, 662-665)
    • Kelo v. City of New London (E&W, 665-672)
    • Nixon v. US (1993) (E&W, 103-107)
    • Bush v. Gore (E&W, 183-191)
    • Bowsher v. Synar (E&W, 269-273)
    • Morrison v. Olson (E&W, 208-213)
       
  • Activities:
    • "On Deck" discussion group 9; reflective posts
    • Essay
10: Separation of Powers cont.

  • Readings:

    • Mistretta v. US (E&W, 257-260)
    • INS v. Chadha (E&W, 263-267)
    • Clinton v. New York (E&W, 202-206)
       
  • Activities:
    • "On Deck" discussion group 1; reflective posts
    • Essay
11: Economic Liberties

  • Readings:

    • Slaughterhouse Cases (E&W, 587-592)
    • Lochner v. New York (E&W, 603-608)
    • Muller v. Oregon (E&W, 609-614)
    • Adkins v. Children’s Hospital (E&W, 615-618)
    • West Coast Hotel v. Parrish (E&W, 623-627)
       
  • Activities:
    • "On Deck" discussion group 2; reflective posts
12: Economic Liberties cont. and Course Wrap Up

  • Readings:

    • West Coast Hotel v. Parrish (E&W, 623-627)
  • Activities:
    • "On Deck" discussion group; reflective posts
Final Exam
  • Complete and submit your Final Exam.

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