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)