Constitutional Law
Geoffrey R. Stone, Louis Michael Seidman, Cass R. Sunstein, Mark V. Tushnet, Pamela S. Karlan · 8th
Complete case list for Stone, Seidman, Sunstein, Tushnet & Karlan, the Constitutional Law casebook by Geoffrey R. Stone (8th Edition)
pp. pp. 1-10
Established the principle of judicial review.
pp. pp. 11-20
Affirmed federal supremacy and implied powers.
pp. pp. 21-30
Limited Congress's commerce clause power.
pp. pp. 31-40
Outlined limits of presidential power in domestic affairs.
pp. pp. 41-50
First case to apply the First Amendment to the states.
pp. pp. 51-60
Introduced the clear and present danger test.
Established students' rights to free speech in schools.
pp. pp. 71-80
Shifted towards protecting incitement to violence as speech.
pp. pp. 81-90
Determined that school-sponsored prayer violates the Establishment Clause.
pp. pp. 91-100
Limited free exercise protections concerning conduct.
pp. pp. 101-110
Declared racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional.
pp. pp. 111-120
Recognized a woman's right to choose abortion under privacy rights.
pp. pp. 121-130
Established Miranda rights for individuals in custody.
pp. pp. 131-140
Extended the right to counsel to state courts.
pp. pp. 141-150
Applied the exclusionary rule to state courts.
pp. pp. 151-160
Addressed reasonable suspicion in traffic stops.
pp. pp. 161-170
Examined protections against voting discrimination.
pp. pp. 171-180
Resolved the 2000 presidential election dispute.
pp. pp. 181-190
Affirmed individual right to possess firearms.
pp. pp. 191-200
Incorporated Second Amendment rights to the states.
Established the Chevron deference standard.
Clarified the standard for judicial review of agency action.
pp. pp. 221-230
Legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.
pp. pp. 231-240
Struck down DOMA defining marriage as between one man and one woman.
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