PSC 404 - American Constitutional Law II

Credit(s): 3

This course explores the constitutional roots of civil rights and civil liberties and the major political controversies and legal developments in the United States. This is done through an analysis of the case law on the constitutional guarantees of personal and social freedoms derived from the Bill of Rights and the Fourteenth Amendment. Topics to be covered include the role of the judiciary in protecting rights, methods of constitutional interpretation, incorporation, the right to bear arms, economic liberty, abortion and privacy rights, freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of association, freedom of the press, the death penalty and equal protection before the law.
Prerequisite(s): PSC 141 and PSC 142