Civil Rights - Class 2

1. How does the Supreme Court have the constitutional power 

to make civil rights policy?

2. How do Congress and the President have the constitutional power 

to make civil rights policy?

1. Recap: Selective Incorporation
• How have civil liberties (the Bill of Rights) been selectively incorporated?
• "... nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without DUE PROCESS of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."
• Gitlow v. New York
• How have civil rights been granted by the Supreme Court?
• "... nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the EQUAL PROTECTION of the laws."
• Brown v. Board of Education
2. 3-2-1 Blog Post: Segregation
• What is the difference between De Jure Segregation and De Facto Segregation?
• What did you learn from segregation today?
• 'Why don't we have any white kids?' (NY Times)
3. Create: Oral Arguments
• How has the Supreme Court ruled on affirmative action?
• UC Regents v. Bakke
• Gratz v. Bollinger
• Grutter v. Bollinger
• Fisher v. University of Texas