GC.15

Evaluate various interpretations and determine which explanations best accord with textual evidence to understand the changing interpretations of the Bill of Rights over time including interpretations of the basic freedoms (religion, speech, press, petition, and assembly) articulated in the First Amendment and the due process and equal-protection-of-the-law clauses of the 14th Amendment through examination of the following cases: (H, P) <ul><li>Mapp v. Ohio</li><li>Tinker v. Des Moines</li><li>Engel v. Vitale</li><li>Schenck v. United States</li><li>Gideon v. Wainwright</li><li>Brandenberg v. Ohio</li><li>Texas v. Johnson</li><li>Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union</li></ul>