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This course will explore the evolution of three major transformations in American law and culture: racial equality, gender equality, and sexual orientation equality. From the perspective of the U.S. Constitution, we will examine the path from discrimination to legal and constitutional acceptance, and how the U.S. Supreme Court and the Congress ultimately, if only partially, has fulfilled the promise of “equal protection” set forth in the 14th Amendment after the Civil War. We will also explore, more generally, how, and how much, the Supreme Court can promote social and legal change.