567: Law Every 1L Should Know -- Constitutional Law

Welcome back to the Law School Toolbox podcast! In this episode, we're discussing fundamental concepts that are taught in first-year Con Law classes. First, we'll look at justiciability – the set of threshold doctrines that decide whether a federal court is allowed to hear a constitutional case in the first place. Then we'll move to the individual rights side and dig into the single most important analytical tool in the entire area – the levels of scrutiny (sometimes called standards of review). We'll finish by working through a fact pattern that ties it all together.

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In this episode we discuss:

• An overview of constitutional law
• Standing, and other justiciability doctrines
• Levels of scrutiny
• Foundational cases you'll likely study as a 1L
• A fact pattern walkthrough

Resources:

• JoinJuno.com (https://joinjuno.com/)
• Marbury v. Madison (https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/5/137/)
• Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife (https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/504/555/)
• Loving v. Virginia (https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/388/1/)
• Craig v. Boren (https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/429/190/)
• Mississippi University for Women v. Hogan (https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/458/718/)
• Podcast Episode 295: Listen and Learn – Due Process and Equal Protection (Con Law) (https://lawschooltoolbox.com/podcast-episode-295-listen-and-learn-due-process-and-equal-protection-con-law/)
• Podcast Episode 334: Listen and Learn – Standards of Review (Con Law) (https://lawschooltoolbox.com/podcast-episode-334-listen-and-learn-standards-of-review-con-law/)
• Podcast Episode 521: Smarter Borrowing: How Juno Helps Lower Student Loans (https://lawschooltoolbox.com/podcast-episode-521-smarter-borrowing-how-juno-helps-lower-student-loans/)

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