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PSC 403H

The Supreme Court and Public Policy

Catalog2026-2027
Credits3 units
LevelUpper Division
Average gradeB
Standard

Overview

Description

Major decisions of recent terms of the Supreme Court; their impact upon federal-state relations, the executive and legislative branches and contemporary social issues.

Units

Lecture3

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Offered: Every Spring - Even Years

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spring

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Learning Outcomes

  • evaluate the effect of U.S. Supreme Court decisions on the States’ ability to develop public policies.
  • analyze the effects of the Supreme Court’s 14th Amendment’s due process and equal protection decisions State and Federal policy.
  • assess the effect of Supreme Court decisions on the States’ ability to regulate private property.
  • apply recent Supreme Court decisions to questions of minority rights.