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Short essays

#1, due September 10, "What does liberty mean to me?"
#2, due September 24, "Is it permissible to curtail civil liberties in wartime?"
#3, due October 15, "The Supreme Court on Japanese internment"
#4, due November 26, Civil Liberties and the War on Terror

Final essay, due December 17 in Legal Studies Office by 3 PM, "Do we need an emergency constitution?"

Reading assignments

 

Wed, Sept. 5 Introduction and Bill of Rights

Civil War

Monday, Sept. 10

First short essay due
Suspension of habeas corpus
Reading due: Ex parte Merryman , Lincoln's War Address, and Ex parte Vallandigham
Wed, Sept. 12 Military commissions
Reading due: Ex parte Milligan

World War I
Mon, Sept. 17 Overview; Espionage Act and Prosecutions
“Freedom Under Fire” [on reserve], The Espionage Act, Schenck v. United States, Abrams v. United States, Milwaukee Leader v. Postmaster)
Wed, Sept 19

Deportations
 (The Case Against the Reds, Palmer Raids in New England)
Mon, Sept 24 First in-class test
Second short essay due

World War II
Wed, Sept 26 Pearl Harbor and policy towards Japanese
Excerpt from Justice at War by Peter Irons [on reserve], Executive Order 9066, Public Law 503, General DeWitt’s Letter of Transmittal
Mon, Oct. 1

Curfew and displacement for Japanese
Hirabayashi v. United States, Korematsu v. United States
Wed, Oct. 3

Internment and subsequent apologies
(Ex parte Endo, Civil Liberties Act of 1988, Presidential letters of apology
Mon, Oct. 8 NO CLASS; HOLIDAY
Tues, Oct. 9

MONDAY CLASS SCHEDULE
Military Commissions
Ex parte Quirin

Cold War

Wed, Oct. 10 Free Speech and Internal Security
Bailey v. Richardson (Federal Loyalty Security Program)
Mon. Oct. 15 Second in-class test
Third short essay due

War on Terrorism

Wed., Oct 17

Defining Terrorism
Reading due: "Questioning Terrorism" from No Nonsense Guide to Terrorism (course packet and on reserve in library)

Mon, Oct 22 USA PATRIOT Act
Reading due: "Forfeiting Enduring Freedom for Homeland Security"
Wed, Oct 24 Second wave of federal anti-terrorism legislation
Reading due: Sidel, More Secure Less Free?, p. 1-29 (skim) and 31-64 (on reserve)
Mon, Oct. 29 State legislation, non-profit sector
Reading due: Sidel, More Secure, Less Free?, p. 65-126 (on reserve)
Wed, Oct. 31 Academia, Conclusions
Reading due: Sidel, More Secure, Less Free?, p. 127-157, 187-193 (on reserve)
Mon, Nov. 5 Immigration detainees
Reading due: "Scapegoating the Vulnerable: Preventive Detention of Immigrants in America's War on Terror" in Studies on Law Politics and Society, Vol. 38 (on reserve)
Wed, Nov. 7 Immigration detainees
Reading due: "The Politics of Ibrahim Parlak"
Mon. Nov. 12

NO CLASS; VETERAN'S DAY

Wed, Nov. 14 Unitary Executive Branch
Reading due: Presidential Signing Statements; Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
Mon, Nov. 19 Unitary Executive Branch
Reading due: Hamdan v. Rumsfeld
Wed, Nov. 21 NO CLASS (day before Thanksgiving)
Mon. Nov. 26

Third in-class test
Fourth short essay due

Before the Next Attack

Wed, Nov. 28 Emergency Constitution
Reading due: Before the Next Attack, p. 1-57 (on reserve)
Mon, Dec. 3 Emergency Consitution
Reading due: Before the Next Attack, p. 58-100 (on reserve)
Wed, Dec. 5 Emergency Consitution
Reading due: Before the Next Attack, p. 101-141 (on reserve)
Mon, Dec. 10

Emergency Consitution
Reading due: Before the Next Attack, p. 142-172 (on reserve)
Wed, Dec. 12 LAST CLASS; review
Mon, Dec. 17 Final essay due in Legal Studies office by 3 PM