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| Deadly Deliberations |
| Date | In-Class Focus | Readings |
| Wed 8/31, 3:00 | Introductory Class | |
| Mon 9/5 | The Constitution & This Case Book | Brest, through 7 |
| Thurs 9/8 | Marshall's Decision-Making | Brest, 7-44 |
| Mon 9/12 | McCulloch v. Maryland | Brest, 44-70 |
| Thurs 9/15 | In the Beginning | Brest, 71-96 |
| Mon 9/19 | Property, Natural Law | Brest, 96-125 |
| Wed 9/21 | Constitution Day | Dining Hall, 2:15 |
| Thurs 9/22 | Interstate Commerce | Brest, 126-143 |
| Mon 9/26 | Higher
Law and the Constitution |
Corwin, I-II |
| Thurs 9/29 | Is Legal Reason Natural or Artificial | Corwin, III-V |
| Mon 10/3 | The States & their Police Powers | Brest, 145-168 |
| Thurs 10/6 | Slavery | Brest, 168-214 |
| Mon 10/10 | No Class | Begin organizing thoughts for ten-page paper |
| Thurs 10/13 | Preserving the Union | Brest, 214-231 |
| Mon 10/17 | Walter Hendricks Days - No Class |
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| Thurs 10/20 | Race Discrimination | Brest, 241-296 |
| Mon 10/24 | Creating a (capitalist) America | Brest, 297-355 |
| Thurs 10/27 | Interstate Commerce & War |
Brest, 355-387 |
| Mon 10/31 | Economic Regulation & the Courts | Brest, 401-463 |
| Thurs 11/3 | Congress's ability to regulate commerce | Brest, 463-511 |
| Mon 11/7 | Lopez | Brest, 511-551 |
| Thurs 11/10 | Limiting the federal gov't | Brest, 551-614 |
| Mon 11/14 | POTUS | Brest, 621-680 |
| Thurs 11/17 | The Veto & the Sword | Brest, 680-724 |
| Mon 11/21 | General Discussion | Ten-Page Paper Due |
| Thurs 11/24 | Thanksgiving Vacation | |
| Mon 11/28 | Legal Reasoning | Levi, I-III |
| Thur 12/1 | Probing Ambiguities | Finish Levi |
Mon 12/5 |
General Discussion | Five Page Essay Due |