Judicial authority and the separation of powers. Is judicial review a legitimate power of U.S. courts? -- Do U.S. Supreme Court decisions become the supreme law of the land and binding precedents for future cases? -- Does the U.S. Supreme Court have the power to determine the constitutionality of presidential actions during wartime? -- Should noncitizens accused of terrorism have the right to a writ of habeas corpus in U.S. courts? -- State and federal relations in the U.S. constitutional system. Is Congress given a broad grant of implied powers by the Constitution? -- Should Congress have broad constitutional power to regulate the states under the Interstate Commerce Clause? -- Should the Bill of Rights be fully binding on state proceedings? -- Should the states be permitted to abolish the exclusionary rule of evidence in criminal cases? -- Privacy and civil liberties. Does the Bill of Rights to the U.S. Constitution guarantee a right to privacy? -- Does a constitutional right to privacy protect a woman's right to obtain a lawful abortion? -- Does a constitutional right to privacy protect the rights of homosexual couples to engage in intimate personal relationships? -- Does the constitution protect the right to possess a firearm unconnected with service in a militia? -- Does confining sex offenders indefinitely in mental hospitals after they have served their prison sentences violate the Constitution? -- Is the death penalty an unconstitutional punishment for juvenile offenders? -- Equal protection of law. Does the U.S. Constitution require that public institutions and facilities be racially integrated? -- Are "affirmative action" admissions policies at public universities permitted by the Constitution? -- Does the Fourteenth Amendment require the states to use a "one person, one vote" standard for apportioning legislative districts? -- Religious liberty, free speech, and association. Does a state law that requires public school teachers to teach "creation science" whenever they teach the theory of evolution violate the First Amendment? -- Should burning an American flag be a form of expression protected by the First Amendment? -- Does the First Amendment permit the government to censure the media?