1 – What are the similarities and differences between the concepts of civil liberties and civil rights?
2 – How does the Bill of Rights condition the relationship between the individual and the national government?
3 – How did the 14th Amendment alter, and/or complicate, the relationship that existed between the individual and the state and national governments?
4 – By what process were the states eventually made to comply with the national Bill of Rights, that is to provide to their citizens the privileges and immunities of citizens of the United States?
5 – How was the trend towards nationalizing rights altered by the Rehnquist Court?
6 – Outline the shift in the interpretation of the equal protection clause from Plessy to Brown.
7 – What problems occurred when the results of the Brown decision were implemented—or the attempt was made to implement them?
8 – What is the politics of rights and how has it led to the expansion of equal protection to gender discrimination?
9 – What issues arise when other groups attempt to redress grievances based on the equal protection clause?
10 – Outline the development of, and backlash against, affirmative action.
