Except for a brief time in the 1960's when the Warren Court expanded constitutional rights and sought to limit certain types of police misconduct, both before and after the 1960's the Supreme Court has refused to enforce constitutional limits on police conduct and instead has enabled them to violate citizen's fundamental liberties. The aim of the core book and this SDG, is to examine the story of the Supreme Court's failure to enforce salient parts of the Constitution and to limit police conduct. The core book and this SDG will focus on the decisions and opinions of the Court in cases that have been decided by it to assess the Court's record in enforcing the provisions of the Constitution that are meant to constrain police, protect liberty and ensure equality. It has most often been a record of failure in its impact of on how the policing is done on a daily basis and on people's liberty, and especially the rights of people of color. Also, we will discuss, what can be done about it.
We will read and discuss the core book and pertinent Supreme Court cases cited in the book.
