Understanding the U.S. Supreme Court -- The judiciary: institutional powers and constraints -- Incorporation of the Bill of Rights -- Religion: exercise and establishment -- Freedom of speech, assembly, and association -- Freedom of the press -- The boundaries of free expression: obscenity and libel -- The first amendment and new media -- The right to keep and bear arms -- The right to privacy -- Investigations and evidence -- Attorneys, trials, and punishments -- Discrimination -- Voting and representation.