POLI 316 Constitutional Law: Civil Liberties and Civil Rights

In this course, students will examine the Supreme Court's historical willingness and unwillingness to protect individual liberties and rights from governmental infringement. Specific topics include: applying the Bill of Rights to the states; free exercise of religion; religious establishment; freedom of speech, assembly, and association; freedom of press; the right to bear arms; the right to privacy; the rights of the criminally accused; and discrimination on the basis of race, gender, and sexual orientation.