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1. Mary Louise Kelly, Karen Zamora, Mia Venkat, and Sarah Handel, "Wave of 'Anti-Protest' Bills Could Threaten First Amendment," NPR, 30 April 2021, https://www.npr.org/2021/04/30/99254...irst-amendment.
2. Green v. County School Board of New Kent County, 391 U.S. 430 (1968); Allen v. Wright, 468 U.S. 737 (1984).
3. "Family Separation under the Trump Administration - a Timeline," Southern Poverty Law Center, 17 June 2020, https://www.splcenter.org/news/2020/...ation-timeline.
4. Ex parte Milligan, 71 U.S. 2 (1866).
5. Ex parte Quirin, 317 U.S. 1 (1942); See William H. Rehnquist. 1998. All the Laws but One: Civil Liberties in Wartime. New York: William Morrow.
6. American History from Revolution to Reconstruction and Beyond, “Madison Speech Proposing the Bill of Rights June 8 1789,” http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/documents/...une-8-1789.php (March 4, 2016).
7. Constitution Society, “To the Citizens of the State of New-York,” http://www.constitution.org/afp/brutus02.htm (March 4, 2016).
8. Barron v. Baltimore, 32 U.S. 243 (1833).
9. Saenz v. Roe, 526 U.S. 489 (1999).
10. McDonald v. Chicago, 561 U.S. 742 (2010).
11. Sherbert v. Verner, 374 U.S. 398 (1963).
12. Near v. Minnesota, 283 U.S. 697 (1931).
13. Lemon v. Kurtzman, 403 U.S. 602 (1971).
14. Engel v. Vitale, 370 U.S. 421 (1962).
15. See, in particular, Santa Fe Independent School District v. Doe, 530 U.S. 290 (2000), which found that the school district’s including a student-led prayer at high school football games was illegal.
16. Minersville School District v. Gobitis, 310 U.S. 586 (1940).
17. West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette, 319 U.S. 624 (1943); Watchtower Society v. Village of Stratton, 536 U.S. 150 (2002).
18. Gillette v. United States, 401 U.S. 437 (1971).
19. Sherbert v. Verner, 374 U.S. 398 (1963); Wisconsin v. Yoder, 406 U.S. 205 (1972).
20. Employment Division, Department of Human Resources of Oregon v. Smith, 494 U.S. 872 (1990).
21. Juliet Eilperin, “31 states have heightened religious freedom protections,” Washington Post, 1 March 2014. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/...gious-freedom/. Three more states passed state RFRAs in the past year.
22. Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., 573 U.S. 682 (2014).
23. Obergefell v. Hodges, 576 U.S. 644 (2015).
24. David Masci and Michael Lipka, "Where Christian Churches, Other Religions Stand on Gay Marriage," Pew Research Center, 21 December 2015, https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tan...-gay-marriage/.
25. Jess Bravin, "Supreme Court Sides with California Churches on COVID-19 Restrictions," The Wall Street Journal, 26 February 2021. https://www.wsj.com/articles/supreme...ns-11614398483.
26. Schenck v. United States, 249 U.S. 47 (1919).
27. Brandenburg v. Ohio, 395 U.S. 444 (1969).
28. Texas v. Johnson, 491 U.S. 397 (1989).
29. United States v. Eichman, 496 U.S. 310 (1990).
30. Near v. Minnesota, 283 U.S. 697 (1931).
31. New York Times Co. v. United States, 403 U.S. 713 (1971).
32. New York Times v. Sullivan, 376 U.S. 254 (1964).
33. See, for example, Virginia v. Black, 538 U.S. 343 (2003).
34. Miller v. California, 413 U.S. 15 (1973).
35. Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District, 393 U.S. 503 (1969).
36. Hazelwood School District et al. v. Kuhlmeier et al., 484 U.S. 260 (1988).
37. National Socialist Party of America v. Village of Skokie, 432 U.S. 43 (1977); Snyder v. Phelps, 562 U.S. 443 (2011).
38. United States v. Cruickshank, 92 U.S. 542 (1876).
39. United States v. Miller, 307 U.S. 174 (1939).
40. District of Columbia et al. v. Heller, 554 US 570 (2008), p. 3.
41. Richard Gonzales, “Supreme Court Rejects NRA Challenge to San Francisco Gun Rules,” National Public Radio, 8 June 2015. http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-w...-s-f-gun-rules (March 4, 2016).
42. Serge F. Kovaleski and Richard A. Oppel, Jr. 28 September 2018. “A Man Stashed Gus in His Las Vegas Hotel Room. 3 Years Later, a Killer Did the Same.” New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/28/u...-lawsuits.html. Michelle Cottle. 28 February 2018. “How Parkland Students Changed the Gun Debate.” The Atlantic. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics...-power/554399/.
43. See, for example, Arizona v. Gant, 556 U.S. 332 (2009).
44. No-Knock Warrant, Legal Information Institute, https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/no-knock_warrant (June 29, 2021).
45. "No-Knock Warrants: How Common They Are and Why Police Are Using Them," NPR, 12 June 2020, https://www.npr.org/2020/06/12/87629...are-using-them.
46. Mapp v. Ohio, 367 U.S. 643 (1961); Weeks v. United States, 232 U.S. 383 (1914).
47. Silverthorne Lumber Co. v. United States, 251 U.S. 385 (1920).
48. Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436 (1966).
49. Kelo et al. v. City of New London et al., 545 U.S. 469 (2005).
50. John C. Moritz. 27 November 2018. "Catholic Diocese Fights to Keep Historic Site from Being Used in Trump's Border Wall." Corpus Christi Caller Times. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...ht/2132582002/.
51. See, for example, Barker v. Wingo, 407 U.S. 514 (1972).
52. See, for example, Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79 (1986); J. E. B. v. Alabama ex rel. T. B., 511 U.S. 127 (1994).
53. Gideon v. Wainwright, 372 U.S. 335 (1963).
54. Waters-Pierce Oil Co. v. Texas, 212 U.S. 86 (1909); United States v. Bajakajian, 524 U.S. 321 (1998).
55. See, for example, the discussion in Wilkerson v. Utah, 99 U.S. 130 (1879).
56. Perhaps the most notorious example, Harmelin v. Michigan, 501 U.S. 957 (1991), upheld a life sentence in a case where the defendant was convicted of possessing just over one pound of cocaine (and no other crime).
57. Atkins v. Virginia, 536 U.S. 304 (2002).
58. Roper v. Simmons, 543 U.S. 551 (2005).
59. Kennedy v. Louisiana, 554 U.S. 407 (2008).
60. Elizabeth Lopatto, “How Many Innocent People Are Sentenced To Death?,” Forbes, 29 April 2014. http://www.forbes.com/sites/elizabet.../#6e9ae5175cc1 (March 1, 2016).
61. Dave Mann, “DNA Tests Undermine Evidence in Texas Execution: New Results Show Claude Jones was Put to Death on Flawed Evidence,” Texas Observer, 11 November 2010. http://www.texasobserver.org/texas-o...xas-execution/ (March 4, 2016).
62. See, for example, “States With and Without the Death Penalty,” Death Penalty Information Center, http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/stat...-death-penalty (March 4, 2016).
63. United States v. Darby Lumber, 312 U.S. 100 (1941).
64. Printz v. United States, 521 U.S. 898 (1997); National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius, 567 U.S. 519 (2012).
65. See Douglas Shinkle, “State Constitutional Right to Hunt and Fish.” National Conference of State Legislatures, November 9, 2015. http://www.ncsl.org/research/environ...-and-fish.aspx (March 4, 2016).
66. Pruneyard Shopping Center v. Robins, 447 U.S. 74 (1980).
67. The Texas Politics Project, “Trying to Rewrite the Texas Constitution,” https://texaspolitics.utexas.edu/arc...01/slide1.html (March 1, 2016).
68. See Griswold v. Connecticut, 381 U.S. 479 (1965). This discussion parallels the debate among the members of the Supreme Court in the Griswold case.
69. Samuel Warren and Louis D. Brandeis. 1890. “The Right to Privacy,” Harvard Law Review 4, No. 193.
70. Griswold v. Connecticut, 381 U.S. 479 (1965)
71. Eisenstadt v. Baird, 405 U.S. 438 (1972).
72. See Rachel Benson Gold. March 2003. “Lessons from Before Roe: Will Past be Prologue?” The Guttmacher Report on Public Policy 6, No. 1. https://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/tgr/.../gr060108.html (March 4, 2016).
73. Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973).
74. Planned Parenthood v. Casey, 505 U.S. 833 (1992).
75. Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt, 579 U.S. ___ (2016).
76. Nina Totenberg, "In Challenge to Roe, Supreme Court to Review Mississippi Abortion Law," NPR, 17 May 2021, https://www.npr.org/2021/05/17/99747...i-abortion-ban.
77. Bowers v. Hardwick, 478 U.S. 186 (1986).
78. Lawrence v. Texas, 539 U.S. 558 (2003).
79. Carpenter v. United States, No. 16-402, 585 U.S. ____ (2018). https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinion...6-402_h315.pdf. Alfred Ng. 22 June 2018. "Supreme Court Says Warrant Necessary for Phone Location Data in Win for Privacy." cnet.com. https://www.cnet.com/news/supreme-co...location-data/.
