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Constitutional HistoryThe Learning Institute for Elders (“LIFE”) at
the University of Central Florida
January 8, 2013
© 2011 Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A. All Rights Reserved
By: Richard S. Dellinger, Esq.,richard.dellinger@lowndes-law.com
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Constitutional History
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Pre-European America
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Early Iroquois Nation
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Later Iroquois Nation
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Recognition of Iroquois
Contributions
-Oct. 4, 1988 (House)-Oct. 21, 1988 (Senate)
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Spanish and British
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French-Indian War
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Pre-Colonial America
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British Colonies
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Timeline
• 1764-1774 Stamp Act, Quartering Act, Intolerable Acts
• July 4, 1776 Declaration of Independence
• March 1, 1781 Articles of Confederation
• Sept. 3, 1783 End Revolutionary War
• 1787 Constitutional Convention
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Federalist v. Anti-Federalist
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Federalists
• Advocated for a strong central government
• Federalist Papers - Anonymous Op-Eds
• James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay
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Anti-Federalists
• Advocated for state’s powers and individual rights
• Brutus essays
• Patrick Henry, Samuel Adams, George Mason, James Monroe
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Ratification / Compromise
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Article I, Article II, Article III
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Checks and Balances
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Representative Government
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Constitution is Supreme
• This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby, and Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding
» (U.S. Constit. Art. VI)
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Constitutional Impact
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Final Word on Constitution?
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Marbury v. Madison (1803)
Chief Justice John Marshall
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McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)
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Necessary and Proper
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Summary
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Federal Criminal Laws
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United States v. Nixon (1972)
No executive privilege
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Bill of Rights Cases
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Chief Justice Earl WarrenWarren Court (1953-1969)
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Warren Court Decisions
• Miranda v. Arizona (1966) (interrogations)
• Mapp v. Ohio (1961) (S&S exclusionary)
• Baker v. Carr (1962) (voting districts)
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Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)
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Religion/ Establishment Clause
• Engle v. Vitale (1962) (school prayer)
• Abington v. Schempp (1963) (religious instruction)
• Epperson v. Arkansas (1968) (evolution eliminated for religion violates establishment)
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Griswold v. Connecticut (1963)
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Roe v. Wade (1973)
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Dredd Scott v. Sanford (1857)
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Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
• Separate but equal
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Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
Thurgood Marshall-1936 Thurgood Marshall-1976
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NY Times v. Sullivan (1964)
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District of Columbia v. Heller (2008)
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Death Penalty Cases
• Furman v. Georgia (1972) (unconstitutional)
• Gregg v. Georgia (1976) (agg and mit factors constitutional)
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Questions