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Understanding constitutional law

Attanastio Joh B

Understanding constitutional law - 4th - London Lexis Nexis 2012 - 830p lxii

Content:
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 Act?s 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.

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