Constitutional law in context / Michael Kent Curtis, Judge Donald L. Smith, Professor in Constitutional and Public Law, Wake Forest University, School of Law, J. Wilson Parker, Professor of Law, Wake Forest University School of Law, William G. Ross, Lucille Stewart Beeson, Professor of Law, Samford University, Cumberland School of Law, Davison M. Douglas, Dean and an Arthur B. Hanson, Professor of Law, William & Mary Law School, Paul Finkelman, President Gratz College.
V. 1. An introduction to American Constitutional Law -- National power : Article I and the powers and limits of Congress -- Limits on federal power : the federal structure, the 10th Amendment, and state sovereign immunity -- Powers and limits of the federal courts -- The role of the President -- Limits on state power : preemption, the Dormant Commerce Clause, and the Privileges and Immunities Clause -- The incorporation of the Bill of Rights -- Substantive due process -- v. 2. Procedural due process -- Freedom of speech and press. pt. I. Overview : a graphic review of the 1st Amendment ; pt. II. The 1st Amendment and government control of the content of expression ; pt. III. The 1st Amendment : restrictions on time, place, and manner of expression -- regulating governmental property ; pt. IV. The 1st Amendment and limits on political campaigns -- Freedom of religion -- Equal protection -- Governmental actors, private actors, and the scope of the 13th and 14th Amendments.
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