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8 Cases Everyone Should Know from the Rehnquist Court

Dole, Morrison, Johnson, Smith, New York, R.A.V., Casey, Church of the Lukumi

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Here is another preview of the 11-hour video library from our new book, An Introduction to Constitutional Law: 100 Supreme Court Cases Everyone Should Know. This post will focus on the first batch of cases from the Rehnquist Court.

South Dakota v. Dole (1987)

Morrison v. Olson (1988)

Texas v. Johnson (1989)

Employment Division v. Smith (1990)

New York v. U.S. (1992)

R.A.V. v. City of St. Paul (1992)

Planned Parenthood v. Casey (1992)

Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye v. City of Hialeah (1993)

You can also download the E-Book or stream the videos.

Josh Blackman is a constitutional law professor at the South Texas College of Law Houston, an adjunct scholar at the Cato Institute, and the President of the Harlan Institute. Follow him @JoshMBlackman.