American Government and the Constitution

Rough outline (work in progress):

1. Formation and Structure of Constitution; research sources
2. Article I and key provisions today; Origination Clause
3. Article II and key provisions today
4. Article III and key provisions today
5. Articles IV through VI, including Article V Convention issue
6. Current issues concerning original Constitution
7. First Amendment
8. Fourth Amendment
9. Other Amendments
10. Current issues concerning the Amendments

Goals of the course:

1. Strong understanding of Constitution
2. How the Constitution works today in practice