Assignment task:
In your own words, summarize the understanding you have achieved about the focus questions. Include some specific people/events/ideas/dates that illustrate your general understanding What were the core elements of conservative constitutionalism in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries? The core elements of conservative constitutionalism in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries include opposition to affirmative action, defense of religious liberty, advocacy for expanded gun rights, and support for limits on abortion rights. What Supreme Court decisions after 1970 begin to reflect a shift away from liberal constitutionalism? Regents of the University of CA v. Bakke (1978), Richmond v. J.A Croson (1989), Mitchell v. Helms (2000), Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores (2014), District of Columbia v. Heller (2008), and Planned Parenthood v. Casey (1992).