The First Day of Class: Starting Your Course After the 2000 Election.
Because the 2000 election stretched out over many days, we were forced to go to press with the Election Update Edition of your textbook before the final outcome was certain. Therefore, this essay has been written for you to use both as a discussion device on the first day of class and as an additional update to pages 312–313.

Getting Out the Vote

Court Case Update Index

Chapter 1	Introducing Government in America
Chapter 2	The Constitution
	Carmell v. Texas (98-7540)
Chapter 3	Federalism
	United States v. Locke (2000)
	United States v. Morrison (2000)
	Crosby v. National Foreign Trade Council (2000)
	Board of Trustees of University of Alabama, et al v. Garrett, et al (2001)
Chapter 4	Civil Liberties and Public Policy
	California Democratic Party v. Jones (2000)
	Erie v. Pap's A. M. (2000)
	Florida v. J. L. (2000)
	Board of Regents of University of Wisconsin System v. Southworth (2000)
	Carmell v. Texas (98-7540)
	Hill v. Colorado (2000)
	Mitchell v. Helms (2000)
	United States v. Playboy Entertainment Group (2000)
	Santa Fe Independent School District v. Doe (2000)
	Stenberg v. Carhart (2000)
	Indianapolis v. Edmond (2000)
	Illinois v. McArthur (2001)
	Legal Services Corporation v. Velazquez (2001)
Chapter 5	Civil Rights and Public Policy
	Boy Scouts Of America v. Dale (2000)
	Dickerson v. United States (2000)
	Reeves v. Sanderson Plumbing Products Inc. (2000)
	Rice v. Cayetano (2000)
	Board of Trustees of University of Alabama, et al v. Garrett, et al (2001)
Chapter 6	Public Opinion and Political Action
Chapter 7	The Mass Media and the Political Agenda
Chapter 8	Political Parties
Chapter 9	Nominations and Campaigns
Chapter 10	Elections and Voting Behavior
	The First Day of Class: Starting Your Course After the 2000 Election. Because the 2000 election stretched out over many days, we were forced to go to press with the Election Update Edition of your textbook before the final outcome was certain. Therefore, this essay has been written for you to use both as a discussion device on the first day of class and as an additional update to pages 312–313.
Chapter 11	Interest Groups
Chapter 12	Congress
	Cook v. Gralke (2001)
Chapter 13	The Presidency
Chapter 14	The Congress, The President, and The Budget: The Politics of Taxing and Spending
Chapter 15	The Federal Bureaucracy
Chapter 16	The Federal Courts
	Supreme Court Limits Food and Drug Administration's Authority to Regulate Tobacco
Chapter 17	Economic Policymaking
Chapter 18	Social Welfare Policymaking
Chapter 19	Policymaking for Health Care and the Environment
Chapter 20	Foreign and Defense Policymaking
Chapter 21	The New Face of State and Local Government