UCSC 2015: Trajectory of Justice - The Constitution Under Fire (2015)
About
Danny’s 2015 class focused on Natural Law and our ability to use it to help solve the issue of the “secret government” and its implications.
Such concepts as the idealistic generation (baby boomers) coupled with the civic generation (the millennials) will come together to solve the large issues of the 21st century. Some of these issues may include the usurpation of our constitutional rights through legislation such as the Authorization for Use of Force, the Patriot Act, and the National Defense Authorization Act; as well as climate change and its implications for our ever-growing population.
Course Outline
- Intro - Trajectory of Justice
- The Challenges of the Coming Century
- Distraction through Media and Politics
- How to Reconcile Teachings in Our Constitution, Philosophy & Natural Law, and Spirituality
- A Context for Natural Law
- Worldviews and Modes of Ethical Reasoning
- The Bill of Rights in Relation to Natural Law
- Madison v. Hamilton
- The Bill of Rights and Worldviews
- 1st Amendment – Free Speech
- 4th Amendment – Protection from Illegal Search and Seizure
- The 4th and 5th Amendments
- 14th Amendment – Due Process
- 14th Amendment – Equal Protection of Law
- Current Events and Players in Upcoming and Current Crises
- Building a Meaningful Thesis
- Outline of Final Thesis Structure
- The Shadow Government Part 1
- The Shadow Government Part 2
- Confronting 21st Century Problems
- Twelve Steps to Confronting a Global Crises (and writing a good paper)