Taking sides clashing views on legal issues - Katsh, M. Ethan (Boston McGraw-Hill Higher Education, 2008)
Should persons who are declared to be "enemy combatants" be able to contest their detention before a judge? -- Does the president possess constitutional authority to order wiretaps on U.S. citizens? -- Is the Geneva convention irrelevant to members of al Qaeda who are held prisoner at Guantanamo Bay? -- Should someone held by the CIA and interrogated in a foreign country be allowed to sue the U.S. government? -- Is it constitutional to ban partial- birth abortions without providing for an exception to protect the health of the mother? -- Are restrictions on physician-assisted suicide constitutional? -- Does the sharing of music files through the Internet violate copyright laws? -- Can the police require individuals to identify themselves? -- Do religious groups have a right to use public school facilities after hours? -- Does the use of high-technology thermal imaging devices violate the fourth amendment search and seizure guarantee? -- Are laws requiring schools and public libraries to filter Internet access constitutional? -- Does the "cruel and unusual punishment" clause of the eighth amendment bar the imposition of the death penalty on juveniles? -- Is a sentence of life in prison for stealing 150<dollars> worth of videotapes constitutional? -- Is drug use testing of students who participate in extracurricular activities permitted under the fourth amendment? -- Should the United States require a secure identification system for citizens? -- Are blanket prohibitions on cross burnings unconstitutional? -- Should same-sex couples receive constitutional protection? -- Should children with disabilities be provided with extraordinary care in order to attend regular classes in public schools? -- Do race- conscious programs in public university admission policies violate the fourteenth amendment's guarantee of equal protection under the law?
Keywords: Law -- Social aspects -- United States; Constitutional law -- United States; Justice, Administration of -- United States; Political questions and judicial power -- United States