Taking sides: Clashing views in Constitutional law

Judicial authority and the separation of powers. Is judicial review a legitimate power of U.S. courts?

Do U.S. Supreme Court decisions become the supreme law of the land and binding precedents for future cases?

Does the U.S. Supreme Court have the power to determine the constitutionality of presidential actions during wartime?

Should noncitizens accused of terrorism have the right to a writ of habeas corpus in U.S. courts?

State and federal relations in the U.S. constitutional system. Is Congress given a broad grant of implied powers by the Constitution?

Should Congress have broad constitutional power to regulate the states under the Interstate Commerce Clause?

Should the Bill of Rights be fully binding on state proceedings?

Should the states be permitted to abolish the exclusionary rule of evidence in criminal cases?

Privacy and civil liberties. Does the Bill of Rights to the U.S. Constitution guarantee a right to privacy?

Does a constitutional right to privacy protect a woman's right to obtain a lawful abortion?

Does a constitutional right to privacy protect the rights of homosexual couples to engage in intimate personal relationships?

Does the constitution protect the right to possess a firearm unconnected with service in a militia?

Does confining sex offenders indefinitely in mental hospitals after they have served their prison sentences violate the Constitution?

Is the death penalty an unconstitutional punishment for juvenile offenders?

Equal protection of law. Does the U.S. Constitution require that public institutions and facilities be racially integrated?

Are "affirmative action" admissions policies at public universities permitted by the Constitution?

Does the Fourteenth Amendment require the states to use a "one person, one vote" standard for apportioning legislative districts?

Religious liberty, free speech, and association. Does a state law that requires public school teachers to teach "creation science" whenever they teach the theory of evolution violate the First Amendment?

Should burning an American flag be a form of expression protected by the First Amendment?

Does the First Amendment permit the government to censure the media?