Past Curricula

Each year the program focuses on a specific topic that connects students to contemporary constitutional issues. Prior topics include:

  • Racism and Lawlessness in the South, 2002-2004 and 2007-2008
    • Contempt of Court: The Turn-of-the- Century Lynching that Launched 100 Years of Federalism, by Mark Curriden and Leroy Phillips
  • World War II Japanese American & Executive Orders, 2005-2006, 2016-2017, and 2017-2018
    • Hirabayashi v. United States (1943)
    • Yasui v. United States (1943)
    • Korematsu v. United States (1944)
    • Ex Parte Endo (1944)
  • From Tinker to Morse: Student Speech – How Free?, 2008-2009
    • Tinker v. Des Moines (1969)
    • Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier (1988)
    • Texas v. Johnson (1989)
    • Morse v. Frederick (2007)
  • Constitutional Rights on Campus: How Free?, 2009-2010 and 2010-2011
    • Tinker v. Des Moines (1969)
    • Morse v. Frederick (2007)
    • Layshock v. Hermitage (2008)
    • Safford v. Redding (2009)
  • Immigrants and the Constitution, 2011-2012
    • Plyler v. Doe (1982)
    • Westminster School District of Orange County v. Mendez (1947)
    • Knauff v. Shaughnessy (1950)
    • San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez (1973)
  • Due Process and Criminal Trials, 2013-2014 and 2014-2015
    • Cage v. Louisiana (1990)
    • Griffin v. California (1965)
    • Batson v. Kentucky (1986)
    • Irvin v. Dowd (1961)