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CONSTITUTIONAL LAW FALL 2008 SYLLABUS The following shorthand has been used in listing reading assignments:
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I. INTRODUCTION
| Assignment 1: | The Constitution of the United States | Text xliii-lix |
| The Origins of the U.S. Constitution | Text 8-26 |
II. FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE POWERS & FEDERALISM
| Assignment 1: | Introduction
The Values of Federalism |
Text 163-169 |
| Assignment 2: | Pre-New Deal Commerce Clause |
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| The Classical View | Text 170-173 | |
| Formalism vs. Realism | Text
185-192, 173-175 |
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| Assignment 3: | New Deal Commerce Clause - 1
Schecter Poultry & Carter Coal |
Text
192-200 |
| Assignment 4: | New Deal Commerce Clause - 2
United States v. Darby |
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| Assignment 5: | New Deal Commerce Clause - 3 | Text 208-211 |
| Assignment 6: | Limits on Congress' Powers - Political Safeguards of Federalism |
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| Garcia v. SAMTA | Lexis | |
| Wechsler, "The Political Safeguards of Federalism" | GAF 270-276 | |
| Skover, "Phoenix Rising and Federalism Analysis" |
PDF File at 271-294, 303-304 |
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| Assignment 7: | Limits on Congress' Powers - The Tenth Amendment |
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| From Garcia to
New York v. U.S. New York v. U.S. |
Text
336-337 Lexis |
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| Printz v. U.S. | Lexis | |
| The Anti-Commandeering Principle | Text
351-355 |
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| Assignment 8: | Limits on Congress' Powers - Reassertion of the Judicial Safeguards of Federalism |
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| U.S. v. Lopez | Lexis | |
| U.S. v. Morrison | Lexis | |
| Gonzalez v. Raich Federalism after the New Deal |
Lexis Text 224-228 |
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| Assignment 9: | The Eleventh Amendment
Quandary |
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| Alden v. Maine | Lexis | |
| Congressional Power to
Abrogate States' Sovereign Immunity |
Text 318-320 | |
| Assignment 10: | Challenges to the Values of Federalism |
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| Rubin & Feeley, "Federalism: Some Notes
on a National Neurosis" |
Lexis | |
| Farber, "Pledging a New Allegiance" | Lexis | |
| Belluck, "The Not-So United States" | Lexis |
III. ROLE OF THE SUPREME COURT
| Assignment 1: | The Basic Framework |
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| Marbury v. Madison | Text 29-42 | |
| Van Alstyne, "A Critical Guide to
Marbury v. Madison" |
PDF File | |
| Assignment 2: | Methods of Constitutional Interpretation -
Textualism |
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| Bobbitt, Constitutional Fate | Bobbitt 3-8, 25-38 | |
| Schauer, "Easy Cases" | GAF 125-132 | |
| Levinson, "Law as Literature" | GAF 142-149 | |
| Assignment 3: | Methods of Constitutional Interpretation -
Originalism |
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| Bobbitt, Constitutional Fate | Bobbitt 9-24 | |
| Brest, "The Misconceived Quest for
The Original Understanding" |
GAF 100-113 | |
| Kay, "Adherence to the Original Intentions in Constitutional Adjudication" | GAF 113-125 | |
| Assignment 4: | Methods of Constitutional Interpretation -
Doctrinalism |
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| Bobbitt, Constitutional Fate | Bobbitt 39-58 | |
| Strauss, "Conmon Law, Common Ground, and Jefferson's Principle" | GAF 170-181 | |
| Assignment 5: | Methods of Constitutional Interpretation -
Structuralism & Representation-Reinforcing Review |
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| Bobbitt, Constitutional Fate | Bobbitt 74-92 | |
| McCulloch v. Maryland | Text 61-74 | |
| Assignment 6: | Methods of Constitutional Interpretation - Natural Law & Ethical Argumentation |
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| Bobbitt, Constitutional Fate | Bobbitt 93- 119 | |
| Grey, "Do We Have an Unwritten Constitution?" | GAF 157-170 | |
| Assignment 7: | Methods of Constitutional Interpretation - Prudentialism & Pragmatism |
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| Bobbitt, Constitutional Fate | Bobbitt 59-73 | |
| Posner, "Pragmatic Adjudication" | GAF 181-189 | |
| Assignment 8: | Standing as a Prudential Doctrine - 1 |
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| Allen v. Wright | Text 92-96 | |
| Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife | Text 97-105 | |
| The "Law" of Standing | Text 105-115 | |
| Assignment 9: | Standing as a Prudential Doctrine - 2 |
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| Sunstein, "Standing and the Privatization of Public Law" |
Lexis |
IV. JUDICIAL PROTECTION OF THE NATIONAL MARKET
| Assignment 1: | Introduction | Text 229-236 |
| Assignment 2: | De Jure Discriminatory Regulation
City of Philadelphia v. New Jersey |
Text 236-240 Lexis Test 245-247 Lexis |
| Assignment 3: | Market Participant Doctrine
& Article IV § 2 Privileges & Immunities |
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| South-Central Timber v. Wunnicke | Lexis | |
| Market Participant Doctrine | Text 250-252 | |
| United Building & Construction Trades | Lexis | |
| Art. IV § 2 Privileges & Immunities | Text 252-253 | |
| Assignment 4: | Facially Neutral Statutes with Significant Effects on Commerce - 1 |
Text 254-265 |
| Assignment 5: | Facially Neutral Statutes with Significant Effects on Commerce - 2 American Trucking Associations Preemption |
Text 265-273 Lexis Text 275-277 |
V. THE CONSTITUTION AND THE PROBLEM OF PRIVATE POWER
| Assignment 1: | Federalism & Individual Autonomy | Text 1583-1589 |
| Assignment 2: | Pure Inaction & Neutrality | Text 1589-1601 |
| Assignment 3: | Judicial Action & Neutrality | Text 1601-1609 |
| Assignment 4: | Subsidization of Private Conduct | Text 1609-1620 |
| Assignment 5: | State Licensing & Authorization | Text 1620-1626 |
| Assignment 6: | Viability of the State Action Doctrine |
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| Chemerinsky, "Rethinking State Action" | Lexis |
VI. EQUALITY AND THE CONSTITUTION
| Assignment 1: | Rational Basis Review - 1 Telic Fit Analysis (or Means-Ends Nexus) |
Text 501-506, |
| Assignment 2: | Rational Basis Review - 2
City of Cleburne v. Cleburne Living Center |
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| Assignment 3: | Equality & Race |
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| Reconstruction & Judicial Retreat | Text 458-464 | |
| Plessy v. Ferguson | Text 464-469 | |
| The NAACP's Legal Strategy | Text 470-473 | |
| Brown v. Board of Education | Text 473-481 | |
| The End of an Era | Text 490-500 | |
| Assignment 4: | Non-Race Specific Classifications
that Disadvantage Racial Minorities - 1 |
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| Discriminatory Racial Impact (DRI)
& Discriminatory Racial Purpose (DRP) Village of Arlington Heights McClesky v. Kemp |
Text
546-550, 558-563 Lexis Text 569-573 |
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| Assignment 5: | Affirmative Action on the Basis of Race - 1 | |
| Era of Bakke,
Fullilove & Croson Adarand Constructors v. Pena Parents Involved in Community Schools |
Text
576-581 Text 581-594 Lexis |
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| Assignment 6: | Affirmative Action on the Basis of Race - 2 | |
| Van Alstyne, "Rites of Passage" | GAF 590-594 | |
| Gotanda, "A Critique of 'Our Constitution Is Color-Blind'" | GAF 598-601 | |
| Kahlenberg, "Class, Not Race" | Lexis | |
| Assignment 7: | Gender Discrimination - 1 |
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| United States v. Virginia | Text 640-650 | |
| Williams, "The Equality Crisis" | GAF 543-559 | |
| Ely, "Facilitating the Representation of Minorities" | GAF 538-543 | |
| Sherry, "Civic Virtue and the Feminine Voice" | GAF 532-538 | |
| Assignment 8: | Gender Discrimination - 2 |
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| MacKinnon, "Difference and Dominance" | GAF 559-571 | |
| Williams, "Deconstructing Gender" | GAF 571-577 | |
| Adler, "Pigeonholed" | Lexis | |
| Assignment 9: | Privacy, Equality, and Sexual Orientation
- 1 |
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| Romer v. Evans | Text 666-679 | |
| Lawrence v.
Texas Rosen, "Kennedy Curse" Sullivan, "Citizens" |
Lexis Lexis Lexis |
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| Assignment 10: | Privacy, Equality, and Sexual Orientation
- 2 |
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| Same-Sex Marriage | Text 682-685 | |
| Andersen v. King County (Madsen & Fairhurst Opinions) | Lexis | |
| In re Marriage Cases | Lexis | |
| Assignment 11: | Congressional Power to Enforce
the Fourteenth Amendment |
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| Katzenbach v. Morgan | Text 299-306 | |
| City of Boerne v. Flores | Text 306-310 | |
| Florida Prepaid Postsecondary Education Expense | Lexis | |
| Nevada Dept. of Human Resources v. Hibbs | Text 320-323 |
VII. IMPLIED FUNDAMENTAL LIBERTIES
| Assignment 1: | Economic Due Process - 1 |
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| Lochner Era | Text 741-761 | |
| Assignment 2: | Economic Due Process - 2 |
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| The Demise of Lochner | Text 761-768 | |
| Posner, "Economic Due Process" | GAF 660-663 | |
| McCloskey, "Economic Due Process and the Supreme Court" | GAF 663-668 | |
| Assignment 3: | The Right to Abortion - 1 |
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| Roe v. Wade | Text 857-869 | |
| Assignment 4: | The Right to Abortion - 2 |
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| Webster and its Aftermath | Text 880-884 | |
| Planned Parenthood v. Casey | Text 884-904 | |
| Gonzalez v. Carhart | Lexis | |
| Assignment 5: | The Right to Abortion - 3 |
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| Thomson, "A Defense of Abortion" | GAF 690-697 | |
| Strauss, "Abortion, Toleration, and Moral Uncertainty" | GAF 697-702 | |
| Ely, "The Wages of Crying Wolf: A Comment on Roe v. Wade" | GAF 702-707 | |
| Ginsburg, "Some Thoughts on Autonomy and Equality" | GAF 707-711 | |
| Assignment 6: | Procedural Due Process - 1 |
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| Liberty & Property Interests Town of Castle Rock v. Gonzales |
Text
967-976 Lexis |
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| Assignment 7: | Procedural Due Process - 2 |
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| What Process Is Due? | Text 977-986 |
VIII. CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS
| Assignment 1: | Constitutional Faith |
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| Balkin, "Agreements with Hell and Other Objects of Our Faith" |
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