Rights, Liberties & the Rule of Law

Maryann Zihala is a political scientist and juris doctor who teaches and writes. She is the author of Democracy: The Greatest Good for the Greatest Number (University Press of America, 2003), Edith Wharton's Old New York Society (University Press of America, 2002), and Lieutenant Joey Tucker (JoNa Books, 2004).

• Chapter 1 Part One: The Rule of Law: U.S. Constitution; Bill of Rights; Finding the LawChapter 2 Part Two: First Amendment- Natural Rights: Lemon v. Kurtzman (1971); Schenck v. U.S. (1919); Gitlow v. New York (1925); Miller v. California (1973); Texas v. Johnson (1989)Chapter 3 Part Three: Equal Protection Under the Law: Brown v. Board of Education (1954); Bakke v. University of California (1978); Rostker v. Goldberg (1981); Reed v. Reed (1971); Boy Scouts v. Dale (2000)Chapter 4 Part Four: Due Process- Rights of the Accused: Mapp v. Ohio (1961); Robinson v. California (1962); Gideon v. Wainwright (1963); Pointer v. Texas (1965); Miranda v. Arizona (1966); Benton v. Maryland (1969); Furman v. Georgia (1972)Chapter 5 Part Five: Suffrage-Voting Rights: Minor v. Happersett (1987); Smith v. Allwright (1944); Guinn v. U.S. (1915); Harper v. Virginia Board of Education (1966); Voting Rights Act (1965)