I. Amendments to the Constitution
 A. The Bill of Rights: Meaning and Interpretation
 1. First Amendment
 a. Freedom of Speech
 Schenk v. U.S. (1919)
 Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire (1942)
 Cohen v. California (1971)
 Johnson v. Texas (1989)
 
 b. Freedom of Religion
 1. Establishment Clause
  Wall of Separation
 No Advancement
 2. Free Exercise Clause
 c. Freedom of the Press
 Near v. Minnesota (1931)
 NY Times v. U.S. (1971)
 Impact of Media Conglomeration on Freedom of Press
 
 2. The Fourteenth Amendment and the  
 Selective Incorporation of the Bill of  
 Rights
 3. Second Amendment--
  "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the 
  security of a free State, the right of the people to keep 
  and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."
 
 4. Fourth Amendment--Search and Seizure
 
 Mapp v. Ohio (1961)--exclusionary rule. 
 Exceptions to the exclusionary rule:
 1) Good faith
 2) Clear view
 3) Hot pursuit
 4) Inevitable Discovery
 ACLU Bust Cards
 
 5. Fifth Amendment--
 Provides for grand jury indictments
 Prohibits Double Jeopardy
 Protects against self-incrimination
 Guarantees "due process"
 
 Miranda v. Arizona (1966)
 
 6. Sixth Amendment--
 Right to public trial
 Right to trial by jury
 Right to confront witnesses
 
 
 7. Seventh Amendment--
 Guarantees the right to trial by jury in a 
 civil suit in which the value and 
 controversy exceeds $20.00
 
 8. Eighth Amendment--
 1) Excessive bail shall not be set.
 2) Excessive fines shall not be set.
 3) No cruel and unusual punishment.
 
 Furman v. Georgia (1972)
 
 9. Right to Privacy--
 Griswold v. Connecticut (1965)
 Roe v. Wade (1972)
 Bowers v. Hardwick (1984)
 
 10. Tenth Amendment
 
B. Civil Liberties in a post 9-11 world
 USA PATRIOT ACT
 PATRIOT II
 
C. Subsequent Amendments to the Constitution
 1. Amendments to Expand Suffrage
 2. The Growing Power of the Federal  
 Government
 3. The 27th Amendment (1992)