LAW 9613 - Constitutional Law II (1st Amendment)

This course will address First Amendment freedoms, including the Free Exercise and Establishment Clauses of the Constitution, as well as freedom of expression, freedom of the press, and freedom of association, with subject matter including such topics as school prayer and other religious speech and expression, obscenity and other graphic or offensive speech, and political protests. The course will also explore how these theoretical issues translate into real practice, in the form of actions against the government for violations of constitutional rights (including actions to enjoin or accord other relief for suppression of protected expression, as well as in defamation actions, which may raise First Amendment defenses). Credit(s): 3