Understanding Constitutional Law

•  Inclusion of the some new justiciability decisions of the Roberts Court;
•   Discussion of Raich v. Gonzales and its impact on the Commerce Clause and Necessary and Proper Clause;
•   Discussion of United States v. Comstock and the Necessary and Proper Clause;
•   Discussion of Medellin v. Texas and the Treaty Power;
•   Discussion of Roberts Court decisions on dormant Commerce Clause and creation of new exceptions;
•   Discussion Free Enterprise Fund v. Public Company Accounting Oversight Board;
•   Discussion of Boumediene v. Bush;
•   Discussion of Central Community College v. Katz and its impact on sovereign immunity;
•   Discussion of Gonzales v. Carhart and partial-birth abortions;
•   Discussion of District of Columbia v. Heller and the Second Amendment;
•   Discussion of Caperton v. A.T. Massey Coal Co. and Judicial Recusal;
•   Discussion of Lawrence v. Texas and homosexuality;
•   Discussion of Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District and voluntary public school desegregation;
•   Discussion of Grutter v. Bollinger and affirmative action in higher education;
•   Discussion of Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project and the USA PATRIOT Acts effect on the First Amendment;
•   Discussion of Christian Legal Society v. Martinez and restrictions on religious student organizations receiving school fund;.
•   Discussion of McConnell v. Federal Election Commission and Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission and their effects on campaign finance and political speech;
•   Discussion of Van Orden v. Perry and the display of a religious monument on public grounds; and
•   Discussion of Zelman v. Simmons - Harris and school vouchers.

Supplemented annually