POLS 014. Constitutional Law & Politics: Civil Rights & Civil Liberties (AP)

This course provides a close examination of constitutional conflicts over individual rights and liberties in the United States. Throughout the class, we will look closely at the Bill of Rights and Reconstruction Amendments as we trace how rights and liberties have waxed and waned throughout American history. Although we will spend much of our time analyzing Supreme Court decisions, we will also examine the broader political context in which the Court operates, how actors outside the Court have played important roles in shaping constitutional meaning, and alternate constitutional visions advanced by political reformers but not enshrined into law by the Supreme Court.
Social Sciences.
1 credit.
Spring 2025. Snead.
Spring 2026. Snead.
Catalog chapter: Political Science
Department website: swarthmore.edu/political-science

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