Study Constitutional Law with expertly written law school outlines available in Full, Cram, and Bar exam formats.
With eleven outlines, our Constitutional Law collection covers every doctrine tested in con law courses and on the MBE — from the structural provisions of Articles I, II, and III to the full catalogue of individual rights. The Commerce Clause outline walks through the three categories of congressional power (channels, instrumentalities, substantial effects), Lopez and Morrison's limits, and the dormant Commerce Clause and its market-participant exception. First Amendment coverage spans content-based versus content-neutral speech regulation, strict scrutiny, intermediate scrutiny for symbolic speech (O'Brien), time-place-manner rules in public forums, commercial speech (Central Hudson), unprotected categories (incitement under Brandenburg, true threats, fighting words, obscenity), and the press and religion clauses. Due Process outlines cover both substantive due process (fundamental rights, levels of scrutiny, incorporation) and procedural due process (Mathews v. Eldridge balancing). Equal Protection addresses the three tiers of review — strict scrutiny for race and national origin, intermediate for sex and illegitimacy, rational basis for everything else — with key precedents like Loving, VMI, Obergefell, and the recent affirmative action line. Dedicated outlines address the Establishment Clause (Lemon test, history-and-tradition approach post-Kennedy v. Bremerton), the Takings Clause (Penn Central, regulatory takings, exactions under Nollan and Dolan), Federal Powers & State Limits, Standards of Review as a meta-framework, and Comparative Constitutional Law. Available in Full, Cram, and Bar formats. Connects to Criminal Procedure, Administrative Law, and Civil Procedure. Search terms: strict scrutiny, rational basis, commerce clause, first amendment, equal protection, substantive due process, takings clause, Chevron.