| Jan. 17-19 | Mens Rea and Strict Liability; Rape | S & S: 784-788, 846-887 |
| Jan 24-26 | Bad Samaritan laws; Insanity | S &S: 815-845, 888-927 |
| Jan 31 | The Exclusionary Rule | S & S: 965-976 |
| Feb 2 | Moot Court 1: | John Hinckley trial |
| Feb 7 | Discrimination | S & S: 493-504, 542-565 |
| Feb 9 | Preferential Treatment: Employment | S & S: 566-589, 598-604 |
| Feb 14 | Moot Court 2: | Metro Broadcasting v. FCC 497 US 547 |
| Feb 16 | Preferential Treatment: Education | S & S: 589-598 |
| Feb 21 | Moot Court 3: | Grutter v. Bollinger 000 US 02-241 (2003) |
| Feb 23 | First Midterm | |
| Feb 28 | Free Speech | S & S: 354-370. |
| Mar 2 | Pornography, Campus Speech Codes | S & S: 371-401. |
| Mar 7 | Moot Court 4: | American Booksellers Association v. Hudnut 771 F.2d 323 (7th. Cir. 1985) |
| Mar 9 | Law and the Private Sphere | S & S: 328-352, 403-421 |
| Mar 21 | Moot Court 5: | Griswold v. Connecticut 381 US 479 |
| Mar 23 | The Right to Liberty in General | S & S: 307-328, 437-443 |
| Mar 28-30 | Religious Liberty | S & S: 465-472 |
| Apr 4 | Moot Court 6: | Lynch v. Donnelly 465 US 668 |
| Apr 6 | Second Midterm | |
| Apr 11-13 | Interpretation of the Constitution | S & S: 122-149 |
| Apr 18-20 | Judicial Review and Supremacy | |
| Apr 25 | Moot Court 7: | City of Boerne 200 US 321, 337 |
| Apr 27-May 2 | Legal Positivism & Natural Law Theory | S & S pp. 8-49, 70-73, 107-115 |
| May 4 | Moot Court 8: | Fugitive Slave Cases: Thomas Sims, 7 Cushing 285 (Mass. 1851) |
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