| Preface | p. ix |
| Foreword | p. xvii |
| "We the People": Our Constitution and Courts | p. 1 |
| Why a Constitution? | p. 1 |
| The American Constitution: What Is It? | p. 2 |
| The Constitution: Whose Is It? | p. 2 |
| The Constitution: What Does It Mean? | p. 4 |
| Federalism: How the States Share the Power | p. 6 |
| The Incorporation of the Bill of Rights | p. 6 |
| The State Action Requirement | p. 8 |
| Judicial Architecture: How Our Court System Works | p. 8 |
| Majority and Dissenting Opinions | p. 10 |
| How to Brief a Case | p. 11 |
| Voices and Choices: The First Amendment and Student Speech | p. 13 |
| Expressive Conduct and the Right Not to Speak | p. 14 |
| West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette | p. 16 |
| The Right to Speak Freely and Protest (but Not to Disrupt) | p. 22 |
| Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District | p. 23 |
| The Confederate Flag and Other Racially Provocative Symbols | p. 30 |
| Hirsute Lawsuit: Do Boys Have the Right to Wear Long Hair? | p. 33 |
| Karr v. Schmidt | p. 34 |
| Double Entendres and Double Standards: Lewd and Suggestive Language in a Student Government Campaign Speech | p. 36 |
| Bethel School District No. 403 v. Fraser | p. 37 |
| Coed Naked Civil Liberties | p. 41 |
| "BONG HiTS 4 JESUS": Testing the Limits of Free Speech | p. 43 |
| Morse v. Frederick | p. 44 |
| Thought Control or Quality Control? The Problem of Library Book Removal | p. 53 |
| Viewpoint Neutrality and Religious Speech: Good News for the Free Speech Rights of Religious Americans | p. 56 |
| Good News Club v. Milford Central School | p. 57 |
| Freedom of the Student Press: All the News the School Sees Fit to Print | p. 63 |
| Freedom of the Student Press in Official School-Sponsored Activities | p. 64 |
| Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier | p. 65 |
| Squelching Debate: A Different Sort of Blair Witch-Hunt | p. 70 |
| Cyber Censors: Rising Conflicts over Internet Homepages | p. 72 |
| Killion v. Franklin Regional School District | p. 74 |
| The Wall of Separation Between Church and School | p. 78 |
| Freedom from Establishment of Religion at School | p. 80 |
| Engel v. Vitale | p. 81 |
| Graduating from Invocation and Benediction | p. 86 |
| Lee v. Weisman | p. 87 |
| Santa Fe Independent School District v. Doe | p. 94 |
| Government Aid to Private Religious Schools: When Does It Cross the Line? | p. 100 |
| Everson v. Board of Education of the Township of Ewing | p. 100 |
| School Vouchers: Making Education Redeemable in Secular or Religious Schools | p. 102 |
| Zelman v. Simmons-Harris | p. 104 |
| The First Amendment and the Ten Commandments | p. 107 |
| Stone v. Graham | p. 108 |
| Season's Greetings! The Court's Agonizing Ambivalence over Christmas Nativity Displays | p. 111 |
| One Nation, under Canada, with Constitutional Controversy for All: New Conflict over the Pledge of Allegiance | p. 114 |
| Newdow v. U.S. Congress | p. 115 |
| The Supreme Court's Curious Response to Newdow v. U.S. Congress | p. 118 |
| The Free Exercise Rights of Religious Americans | p. 119 |
| Wisconsin v. Yoder | p. 120 |
| The Theory of Evolution and the Story of Creation: An Ongoing Duel in the Classroom | p. 126 |
| The Fourth Amendment: Searching the Student Body | p. 130 |
| Reduced Privacy Rights at School | p. 132 |
| New Jersey v. T. L. O. | p. 132 |
| A Fluid Analysis of the Fourth Amendment: Drug Tests and Extracurricular Activities | p. 139 |
| Board of Education of Independent School District No. 92 of Pottawatomie County v. Earls | p. 140 |
| Strip Searches | p. 149 |
| Doe v. Renfrow | p. 149 |
| Locker Searches and Drug-Sniffing Dogs | p. 152 |
| Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Cass | p. 153 |
| Metal Detectors and the constitution | p. 155 |
| In Re Latasha W. | p. 155 |
| The Constitution and Student Discipline: "Due Process" and "Cruel and Unusual Punishment" at School | p. 158 |
| Due Process | p. 159 |
| Goss v. Lopez | p. 160 |
| The Crime of Hanging Out with Gang Members: "Loitering with No Apparent Purpose" in Chicago and the Due Process Clause | p. 164 |
| City of Chicago v. Morales | p. 165 |
| Corporal Punishment | p. 169 |
| Ingraham v. Wright | p. 169 |
| Corporal Punishment in the Aftermath of Ingraham v. Wright | p. 174 |
| Equal Protection Against Race Discrimination: From Segregation to Multicultural Democracy | p. 176 |
| The Persistent Legacy of Slavery and Racism | p. 178 |
| Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka | p. 180 |
| Two Steps Forward, One Step Back: "Massive Resistance" and the Reaction to Brown | p. 183 |
| Cooper v. Aaron | p. 184 |
| Griffin v. County School Board of Prince Edward County | p. 185 |
| The Right to Love | p. 189 |
| Can Public Schools Deliberately Integrate Students Today? | p. 189 |
| Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School Dist. No. 1 | p. 191 |
| Race and Ethnicity in College and Graduate School Admissions: Affirmative Action or "Reverse Discrimination"? | p. 197 |
| Jennifer Gratz and Patrick Hamacher, Petitioners v. Lee Bollinger et al. | p. 199 |
| Barbara Grutter, Petitioner v. Lee Bollinger et al. | p. 203 |
| The other Lines we Draw at School: Wealth, Gender, Citizenship, and Sexual Orientation | p. 214 |
| Rich Schools, Poor Schools: The Court's Treatment of "Separate but Equal" School Financing | p. 217 |
| "Suspect" Classes and Gender-Based Segregation | p. 220 |
| Boys and Girls Equal: Title IX | p. 223 |
| Roderick Jackson, Petitioner v. Birmingham Board of Education | p. 225 |
| Separating Citizens from Noncitizens under the Law | p. 227 |
| Plyler v. Doe | p. 228 |
| Discrimination against Gays and Lesbians | p. 235 |
| Boy Scouts of America v. Dale | p. 236 |
| Harassment in the Hallways: Sexual Harassment, Bullying, and the Law | p. 243 |
| When Teachers Harass Students | p. 245 |
| Gebser v. Lago Vista Independent School District | p. 245 |
| When Students Harass Students | p. 248 |
| Davis v. Monroe County Board of Education | p. 249 |
| The Rights of Gay and Lesbian Students against Harassment | p. 257 |
| A Healthy Student Body: Disability, Privacy, Pregnancy, and Sexuality | p. 260 |
| The Rights of the "Differently Abled" under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act | p. 261 |
| Cedar Rapids Community School District v. Garret F. | p. 262 |
| Peer Grading and the Right to Privacy | p. 265 |
| Owasso Independent School Dist. No. I-011 v. Falvo | p. 266 |
| Three Trimesters: Pregnant at School | p. 269 |
| Pfeiffer v. Marion Center Area School District | p. 270 |
| Curtis v. School Committee of Falmouth | p. 273 |
| Abortion and the Privacy Rights of Teenagers | p. 275 |
| Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey | p. 277 |
| Supreme Court Confirmation Exercise: You Be the Judge | p. 283 |
| Constitution of the United States | p. 287 |
| Glossary | p. 305 |
| Bibliography | p. 315 |
| Marshall-Brennan Constitutional Literacy Project | p. 320 |
| Photo Credits | p. 323 |
| Index | p. 325 |
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