
A brief review of recent decisions which show the power of the 6-3 conservative majority on the Court.
Explore how the Constitution sets checks and balances among the House of Representatives, the Senate, the president, and the Supreme Court, detailing powers, elections, vetoes, and emergency powers.
Explore how the Supreme Court's July 2022 ruling struck down New York's public carry ban, framing gun regulation through the nation's historical tradition of firearm control and the Second Amendment.
The 6-3 Court sets aside a gun law in New York which has lasted 100 years.
Examine Roe v. Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court decision that holds a woman’s right to abortion is implicit in the Fourteenth Amendment and privacy, with a three-trimester framework.
The Supreme Court overruled Roe v. Wade in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, returning abortion policy to state legislatures and enabling trigger laws.
The lecture surveys pending abortion-rights cases before the supreme court, including texas's heartbeat ban, standing issues, and potential challenges to morning-after pills and travel restrictions.
Treat the constitution as a living document shaped by the amendment process. It requires two-thirds votes in Congress and three-quarters of states for ratification, with debated deadlines and late approvals.
Explore the Colorado baker case involving a same-sex wedding cake, the Civil Rights Commission's bias against religion, and a narrow Supreme Court ruling not a bellwether for broader religious exemptions.
Explores the 2000 Bush v. Gore recount controversy in Florida, including hanging chads, overvotes, undervotes, butterfly ballots, and the legal battles over manual recounts and the equal protection clause.
This course reviews important issues in modern American life and how the Constitution is important to defining modern rights such as abortion, gun control, how the President is elected by the Electoral College, gay rights, the Bill of Rights, the checks and balances of the Congress, the Executive and the Supreme Court. Nothing could be more important today.