17.245 The Supreme Court, Civil Liberties, and Civil Rights, Fall 2006
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Author(s)
Ghachem, Malick
Alternative Title
The Supreme Court, Civil Liberties, and Civil Rights
Date Issued
December 2006
Abstract
This course introduces students to the work of the Supreme Court and to the main outlines of American constitutional law, with an emphasis on the development of American ideas about civil rights. The goal of the course is to provide students with a framework for understanding the major constitutional controversies of the present day through a reading of landmark Supreme Court cases and the public debates they have generated. The principal topics are civil liberties in wartime, race relations, privacy rights, and the law of criminal procedure.
Subjects
Supreme Court
Congress
constitutional law
racial profiling
wartime
affirmative action
constitutionality
civil rights
civil liberties
roe
wade
economic liberties
desegregation
gender discrimination
gay marriage
sexual orientation
fundamental rights
federalism
separation of powers
supreme court cases
marbury
madison
mccullough
maryland
bush
gore
dred scott
sanford
brown
board of education
equal protection of the laws
immigration
welfare
Eighth Amendment
First Amendment
poverty
criminal procedure
World War II
Korean War
post 9/11 america
judicial review
religion
citizenship
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Political Science
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