Goals and Objectives for Quiz 42301 and 2302 - 16 week
2301: Civil Liberties and Civil Rights
AG: A25-A34, Chapter 4
Griswold v. Connecticut
Brown v. Board of Education
Parent involved in Community Schools v. Seattle
Students should understand:
- The nature of the Bill of Rights in Texas and the U.S.
- How civil liberties and civil rights condition the relationship between the individual and government
- How the nature of this definition is a functon of how the Supreme Court interprets both statutory law and the Constitution
- The difference between a substantive and procedural liberty
- The different meanings of "establishment" and "speech"
- Griswold v Connecticut and the conflict over the right to privacy
- The nature of the die process of the law
- The problem with defining "probably cause"
- The 14th amendment and the establishment of civil rights
- The gradual incorporation of the Bill of Rights to the States
- The problem with defining equal protection
- Brown v. Board of Education and its aftermath
- Suspect classifications and strict scrutiny
2302: The Judiciary
The US Judiciary: AG-Chapter 8
The Texas Judiciary: PTP-Chapter 10
Students should understand:
- The function of the court and the design in the US and Texas Constitutions
- The nature of the judicial process especially civil and criminal law, and precedence
- The difference between a trial and an appeal
- The importance of jurisdiction and habeas corpus
- The politics of judicial selection
- The development of judicial review and conflict associated with it
- The conflict over how to interpret the Constitution
- The process by which cases get to the Supreme Court
- The nature of the current justices and recent decisions
- The two judicial revolutions
- The unique design of the Texas judiciary
- The problems posed by the election of judges in Texas
