Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Legal Issues
ISBN: 9780078127595 | 0078127599
Edition: 14thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Dushkin
Pub. Date: 11/5/2009
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Taking Sidesvolumes present current controversial issues in a debate-style format designed to stimulate student interest and develop critical thinking skills. Each issue is thoughtfully framed with an issue summary, an issue introduction, and a postscript or challenge questions.Taking Sidesreaders feature an annotated listing of selected World Wide Web sites. An online Instructor�s Resource Guide with testing material is available for each volume.Using Taking Sides in the Classroomis also an excellent instructor resource.
| Preface | p. vii |
| Correlation Guide | p. xix |
| Introduction | p. xxi |
| Law and Terrorism | p. 1 |
| Should U.S. Citizens Who Are Declared to Be "Enemy Combatants" Be Able to Contest Their Detention Before a Judge? | p. 2 |
| Yes: Sandra Day O'Connor, from Majority Opinion, Hamdi v. Rumsfeld, U.S. Supreme Court (June 28, 2004) | p. 4 |
| No: Clarence Thomas, from Minority Opinion, Hamdi v. Rumsfeld, U.S. Supreme... MORE | p. 10 |
| Should Foreign Nationals Detained at Guantanamo Bay as "Enemy Combatants" Be Able to Contest Their Detention Before aJudge? | p. 17 |
| Yes: Anthony Kennedy, from Majority Opinion, Boumediene v. Bush, U.S. Supreme Court (June 12, 2008) | p. 19 |
| No: Antonin Scalia, from Dissenting Opinion, Boumediene v. Bush, U.S. Supreme Court (June 12, 2008) | p. 24 |
| Does the President Possess Constitutional Authority to Order Wiretaps on U.S. Citizens? | p. 30 |
| Yes: U.S. Department of Justice, from "Legal Authorities Supporting the Activities of the National Security Agency Described by the President" (January 19, 2006) | p. 32 |
| No: Letter to Congress, from 14 Law Professors and Former Government Attorneys to Congressional Leaders (January 2, 2006) | p. 46 |
| Should Someone Held by the CIA and Interrogated in a Foreign Country Be Allowed to Sue the U.S. Government? | p. 57 |
| Yes: American Civil Liberties Union, from Brief for Plaintiff-Appellant, E!-Masri v. Tenet, et al, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (September 25, 2006) | p. 59 |
| No: Robert King, from Opinion, El-Masri v. Tenet, etal, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (March 2, 2007) | p. 68 |
| Law and The Individual | p. 81 |
| Is It Constitutional to Ban "Partial-Birth" Abortions Without Providing for an Exception to Protect the Health of the Mother? | p. 82 |
| Yes: Anthony Kennedy, from Majority Opinion, Gonzales v. Carhart, U.S. Supreme Court (April 18, 2007) | p. 84 |
| No: Ruth Bader Ginsburg, from Dissenting Opinion, Gonzales v. Carhart, U.S. Supreme Court (April 18, 2007) | p. 92 |
| Are Restrictions on Physician-Assisted Suicide Constitutional? | p. 106 |
| Yes: William H. Rehnquist, from Majority Opinion, Washington et ai. v. Glucksberg et al, U.S. Supreme Court (June 26, 1997) | p. 108 |
| No: Stephen Reinhardt, from Opinion for the Court, Compassion in Dying v. State of Washington, U ,S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (1996) | p. 119 |
| Does the Sharing of Music Files Through the Internet Violate Copyright Laws? | p. 131 |
| Yes: Ruth Bader Ginsburg, from Concurring Opinion, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios v. Grokster, U.S. Supreme Court (June 27, 2005) | p. 133 |
| No: Stephen Breyer, from Concurring Opinion, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios v. Grokster, U.S. Supreme Court (June 27, 2005) | p. 138 |
| Can the Police Require Individuals to Identify Themselves? | p. 151 |
| Yes: Anthony Kennedy, from Majority Opinion, Larry D. Hiibel v. Sixth Judicial District Court of Nevada, U.S. Supreme Court (June 21,2004) | p. 153 |
| p. 159 | |
| Law and The State | p. 169 |
| Do Religious Groups Have a Right to Use Public School Facilities After Hours? | p. 170 |
| Yes: Clarence Thomas, from Majority Opinion, Good News Club etal., v. Milford Central School, U.S. Supreme Court (June 11, 2001) | p. 172 |
| No: David Souter, from Dissenting Opinion, Good News Club et al., v. Milford Central School, U.S. Supreme Court (June 11, 2001) | p. 182 |
| Is a Strip Search of Middle School Students That Is Aimed at Finding Drugs Permissible Under the Fourth Amendment? | p. 190 |
| Yes: David Souter, from Majority Opinion, Safford Unified School District, etal, v. April Redding, U.S. Supreme Court (Tune 25, 2009) | p. 192 |
| No: Clarence Thomas, from Dissenting Opinion, Safford Unified School District, etal., v. April Redding, U.S. Supreme Court (June 25, 2009) | p. 200 |
| Can a School Punish a Student for Speech at a School-Supervised Event Off of School Grounds When That Speech Could Be Viewed as Promoting Illegal Drug Use? | p. 210 |
| Yes: John Roberts, from Majority Opinion, Deborah Morse, et al, v. Joseph Frederick, U.S. Supreme Court (June 25, 2007) | p. 222 |
| No: John Paul Stevens, from Dissenting Opinion, Deborah Morse, et al., v. Joseph Frederick, U.S. Supreme Court (June 25, 2007) | p. 221 |
| Does the "Cruel and Unusual Punishment" Clause of the Eighth Amendment Bar the Imposition of the Death Penalty on Juveniles? | p. 233 |
| Yes: Anthony Kennedy, from Majority Opinion, Roper v. Simmons, U.S. Supreme Court (March 1, 2005) | p. 235 |
| No: Antonin Scalia, from Dissenting Opinion, Roper v. Simmons, U.S. Supreme Court (March 1, 2005) | p. 241 |
| Is a Sentence of Life in Prison for Stealing $150 Worth of Videotapes Constitutional? | p. 250 |
| Yes: Sandra Day O'Connor, from Majority Opinion, Lockyer v. Andrade, U.S. Supreme Court (March 5, 2003) | p. 252 |
| No: David Souter, from Dissenting Opinion, Lockyer v. Andrade, U.S. Supreme Court (March 5, 2003) | p. 260 |
| Is Drug Testing of Students Who Participate in Extracurricular Activities Permitted Under the Fourth Amendment? | p. 266 |
| Yes: Clarence Thomas, from Majority Opinion, Board of Education of Independent School District No. 92 of Pottawatomie County, et al, v. Lindsay Earls, et al, U.S. Supreme Court (June 27, 2002) | p. 268 |
| No: Ruth Bader Ginsburg, from Dissenting Opinion, Board of Education of Independent School District No. 92 of Pottawatomie County, etal, v. Lindsay Earls, etal, U.S. Supreme Court (June 27, 2002) | p. 276 |
| Law and The Community | p. 287 |
| Is There a Constitutional Right to Possess a Firearm for Private Use? | p. 288 |
| Yes: Antonin Scalia, from Majority Opinion, District of Columbia, etal, v. Dick Anthony Heller, U.S. Supreme Court (June 26, 2008) | p. 290 |
| No: John Paul Stevens, from Dissenting Opinion, District of Columbia etal, v. Dick Anthony Heller, U.S. Supreme Court (June 26, 2008) | p. 300 |
| Are Blanket Prohibitions on Cross Burnings Unconstitutional? | p. 311 |
| Yes: Sandra Day O'Connor, from Majority Opinion, Virginia v. Black, etal, U.S. Supreme Court (April 7, 2003) | p. 313 |
| No: Clarence Thomas, from Dissenting Opinion, Virginia v. Black, etal, U.S. Supreme Court (April 7, 2003) | p. 324 |
| Should Same-Sex Couples Receive Constitutional Protection? | p. 332 |
| Yes: Margaret Marshall, from Majority Opinion, Goodridge, etal, v. Department of Public Health, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (2003) | p. 334 |
| No: Robert Cordy, from Minority Opinion, Goodridge, etal, v. Department of Public Health, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (2003) | p. 342 |
| Should Children with Disabilities Be Provided with Extraordinary Care in Order to Attend Regular Classes in Public Schools? | p. 350 |
| Yes: John Paul Stevens, from Majority Opinion, Cedar Rapids Community School District v. Garret F., U.S. Supreme Court (March 3, 1999) | p. 352 |
| No: Clarence Thomas, from Dissenting Opinion, Cedar Rapids Community School District v. Garret F., U.S. Supreme Court (March 3, 1999) | p. 357 |
| Do Race-Conscious Programs in Public University Admissions Policies Violate the Fourteenth Amendment's Guarantee of Equal Protection Under the Law? | p. 362 |
| Yes: Clarence Thomas, from Dissenting Opinion, Barbara Grutter v. lee Bollinger et al, U.S. Supreme Court (June 23, 2003) | p. 364 |
| No: Sandra Day O'Connor, from Majority Opinion, Barbara Grutter v. Lee Bollinger et al, U.S. Supreme Court (June 23, 2003) | p. 371 |
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