The History of Controversial Supreme Court Cases
Register for this Spring 2024 course on the new NYU SPS Academy of Lifelong Learning website
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We will start with Marbury v. Madison
in 1801 and Dred Scott v. Sandford
as well as Plessy v. Ferguson
later in the 19th century. Then from Brown v. Board of Education;
Miranda, Loving v. Virginia;
and Roe v. Wade
in the 20th Century, to the 21st century’s contentious cases including Bush v. Gore
; District of Columbia v. Heller, Citizens United, Shelby County, Obergefell, Dobbs; Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard
and the University of North Carolina, and 303 Creative LLC,
we discuss some of the most controversial cases in the history of the United States Supreme Court. Together, we will explore the causes of the controversies and the country’s reactions to these important issues and cases.
Spring 2024 tuition is $799.
You'll Walk Away with
- A familiarity with important Supreme Court cases
- An understanding of the controversies behind these cases
Ideal for
- The curious and creative
- All members of the community—working, retired, and in between
NO open sections available for this course at the moment. Please check back next semester.
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Section
1 -
Semester
Spring 2024 -
Date
Feb 8 - May 2 -
Day
Thursday -
Time
2:00PM-4:05PM -
Sessions
12 -
Faculty
Gilheany, Juliana -
Location
Midtown Center
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