Lecture 1. The Judicial Power, Jurisdiction, and the Ages of the Supreme Court -- Lecture 2. The Establishment of Judicial Review: Marbury v. Madison (1803) -- Lecture 3. Privilege and Creative Destruction: Charles River Bridge v. Warren Bridge (1837) -- Lecture 4. Equality, slavery and the Supreme Court: Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857) -- Lecture 5. Native American Sovereignty and the Constitution: Lone Wolf v. Hitchcock (1903) -- Lecture 6. Liberty to Contract in the Industrial Age: Lochner v. New York (1905) -- Lecture 7. Clear and Present Danger, the First Amendment, and Total War: Abrams v. United States (1919) -- Lecture 8. A Switch in Time?: West Coast Hotel v. Parrish (1937) -- Lecture 9. Japanese Internment and Total War: Korematsu v. United States (1944) -- Lecture 10. Simple Justice: Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954, 1955) -- Lecture 11. Abortion, Women, and Equality: Roe v. Wade (1973) -- Lecture 12. Presidential immunity and Watergate: United States v. Nixon (1974) -- Lecture 13. The Boundaries of Discrimination: Regents of the Uni. of CA v. Bakke -- Lecture 14. The Ten Greatest Justices in the History of the Supreme Court.
Summary:
This course explores the court as a living, breathing institution. Listeners will come to know the court through a thorough study of its most significant decisions.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.