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Tables of Contents for Constitutional Law and Politics
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Illustrations
xv
 
Preface
xvii
 
Acknowledgments
xxi
 
The United States Constitution and Amendments
1
982
The Supreme Court, Judicial Review, and Constitutional Politics
23
77
Establishing and Contesting the Power of Judicial Review
27
42
How to Locate Decisions of the Supreme Court
28
1
[Calder v. Bull]
29
7
Constitutional History: Decisions of the Supreme Court Overruled and Acts of Congress Held Unconstitutional, and State Laws and Municipal Ordinances Overturned, 1789--1998.
36
3
James Kent's Introductory Law School Lecture in 1794
39
4
The Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions of 1798
43
3
Marbury v. Madison
46
10
Eakin v. Raub
56
5
President Jackson's Veto Message of 1832
61
2
President Roosevelt's Radio Broadcast, March 9, 1937
63
6
The Politics of Constitutional Interpretation
69
31
In Comparative Perspective: Written and Unwritten Constitutions: Britain's and Israel's Constitutions
70
7
The Text and Historical Context
77
10
In and Beyond the Text
87
1
Constitutional History: What is the Constitution? Could a Constitutional Amendment Violate the Constitution?
88
12
Law and Politics in the Supreme Court: Jurisdiction and Decision-Making Process
100
118
Jurisdiction and Justiciable Controversies
101
61
Avenues of appeal: The two main routes to the Supreme Court.
103
1
[Frothingham v. Mellon]
104
2
Jurisdictional map of the U.S. courts of appeal and U.S. district courts.
106
2
Constitutional History: Major Legislation Affecting the Jurisdiction and Business of the Supreme Court
108
2
[Northeastern Florida Chapter of the Associated General Contractors of America v. City of Jacksonville, Florida]
110
1
[Wyoming v. Oklahoma]
110
1
The Development of Law: Other Important Rulings on Standing
111
3
The Development of Law: Class Action Suits
114
2
Inside the Court: Standing and the Connecticut Birth Control Cases
116
3
[Luther v. Borden]
119
1
[Colegrove v. Green]
119
1
[Nixon v. United States]
120
3
Inside the Court: The Supreme Court's Reversal of Precedent in Historical Perspective
123
3
Flast v. Cohen
126
9
Valley Forge Christian College v. Americans United for Separation of Church and State, inc.
135
5
Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife
140
4
Baker v. Carr
144
14
Goldwater v. Carter
158
4
The Court's Docket and Screening Cases
162
3
In Comparative Perspective: The ``European Model'' of Constitutional Courts and Judicial Review
163
2
The Rule of Four and Agenda Setting
165
3
Constitutional History: Figure 2.3. Docket and filings, 1800--1998.
166
2
Summarily Decided Cases
168
1
The Role of Oral Argument
169
2
Conference Deliberations
171
3
Inside the Court: On the Tentativeness of Votes and the Importance of Opinion Writing
173
1
Postconference Writing and Circulation of Opinions
174
3
Constitutional History: Figure 2.4. Opinion writing, 1937-1998.
176
1
Opinion Days and Communicating Decisions
177
5
Inside the Court: A 1989 Exchange of Memoranda on Opinion Assignments and Writing and Circulating Opinions
177
4
Inside the Court: Voting Alignments in the Rehnquist Court, 1986--1997 Terms
181
1
The Impact of Supreme Court Decisions: Compliance and Implementation
182
36
Constitutional History: The Southern Manifesto: A Declaration of Constitutional Principles
184
9
The Development of Law: Congress Reverses the Supreme Court---The Civil Rights Act of 1991
193
4
Linkletter v. Walker
197
5
Griffith v. kentucky
202
3
Jaffree v. Board of School Commissioners of Mobile County
205
2
Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Jeffrey Wasson
207
5
The Development of Law: Other Recent State Supreme Court Decisions Declining to Follow the U.S. Supreme Court's Rulings
212
6
Presidential Power, the Rule of Law, and Foreign Affairs
218
65
Office and Powers: The Two Presidencies
218
5
As Commander in Chief and in Foreign Affairs
223
16
Constitutional History: Alexander Hamilton, The Federalist, No. 70
224
2
United States v. Curtiss-Wright Corporation
226
3
Dames & Moore v. Regan
229
6
Sale v. Haitian Centers Council, Inc.
235
4
The Treaty-Making Power and Executive Independence
239
14
Missouri v. Holland
241
1
Constitutional History: Figure 3.1. Alternatives to treaties: The rise of executive agreements and arrangements
242
2
United States v. Pink
244
3
Goldwater v. Carter (reprise)
247
1
Constitutional History: The Treaty-Reinterpretation Controversy
248
2
United States v. Alvarez-Machain
250
3
War-Making and Emergency Powers
253
30
Constitutional History: The State Department's Justification for President Johnson's War Efforts in Vietnam
257
1
The Prize Cases
258
3
Ex parte Milligan
261
6
Korematsu v. United States
267
11
War Powers Resolution
278
5
The President as Chief Executive in Domestic Affairs
283
482
National Security and Inherent and Emergency powers
284
31
[United States v. The Progressive, Inc.]
287
1
Inside The Court: The Argument for Inherent and Emergency Presidential Powers in ``the Steel Seizure Case''
288
1
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer
289
16
New York Times Co. v. United States
305
10
Appointment and Removal Powers
315
52
Constitutional History: Supreme Court Nominations Rejected, Postponed, or Withdrawn due to Senate Opposition
320
1
Myers v. United States
321
12
Humphrey's Executor v. United States
333
3
Bowsher v. Synar
336
11
Morrison v. Olson
347
20
Legislative Powers in the Administrative State
367
37
[Rust v. Sullivan]
369
1
Schechter Poultry Corporation v. United States
370
7
Industrial Union Department, AFL-CIO v. American Petroleum Institute
377
4
Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Chadha
381
11
Clinton v. City of New York
392
12
Accountability and Immunities
404
317
United States v. Nixon
409
1
Constitutional History: Unraveling the Watergate Affair
410
8
Articles of Impeachment against President Richard M. Nixon Recommended by the House Judiciary Committee
418
3
Clinton v. Jones
421
6
Articles of Impeachment against President William Jefferson Clinton Recommended by the House Judiciary Committee and Approved by the House of Representatives
427
294
Judicial Federalism
721
30
[Coleman v. Thompson]
724
4
Martin v. Hunter's Lessee
728
5
Cooper v. Aaron
733
4
Younger v. Harris
737
5
Stone v. Powell
742
5
Withrow v. Williams
747
4
State Courts and State Constitutional Law
751
14
Michigan v. Long
755
5
People v. P. J. Video, Inc.
760
4
Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Wasson (Reprise)
764
1
The Development of Law: Other Recent State Supreme Court Decisions Declining to Follow the U.S. Supreme Court's Rulings (reprise)
764
1
Representative Government, Voting Rights, and Electoral Politics
765
137
Constitutional History: Thomas Paine on the Right to Vote and Representative Government
767
1
Representative Government and the Franchise
768
22
Constitutional History: President Lyndon B. Johnson's Address to Congress on the Importance of Passing the Voting Rights Act of 1865, March 15, 1965
773
2
[Chisom v. Roemer]
775
2
South Carolina v. Katzenback
777
7
The Development of Law: Other Rulings Interpreting the Voting Rights Act
784
6
Voting Rights and the Reapportionment Revolution
790
72
The Development of Law: Rulings Extending the Principle of One Person, One Vote to Local Governments
793
3
The Development of Law: Judicial Standards in Reapportionment Cases
796
2
Gomillion v. Lightfoot
798
2
Baker v. Carr (reprise)
800
1
Wesberry v. Sanders
800
7
Reynolds v. Sims
807
7
Davis v. Bandemer
814
14
Shaw v. Reno
828
6
Miller v. Johnson
834
8
Bush v. Vera
842
12
Shaw v. Hunt
854
6
The Development of Law: Other Post--Shaw v. Reno Rulings on Racial Gerrymandering
860
2
Campaigns and Elections
862
40
In Comparative Perspective: Equal Voting Rights and the French Case of Feminine Quotas
863
4
[McCormick v. United States]
867
3
Buckley v. Valeo
870
11
Federal election Commission v. National conservative Political Action Committee (NCPAC) and Democratic Party of the United States v. National Conservative Political Action Committee (NCPAC)
881
4
Colorado Republican Federal Campaign Committee v. Federal Election Commission
885
5
The Development of Law: Other Rulings on Campaign Finance
890
1
Rutan v. Republican Party of Illinois
890
7
The Development of Law: Other Ruling on Campaigns and Elections
897
5
Economic Rights and American Capitalism
902
81
The Contract Clause and Vested Interests in Property
904
32
Constitutional History: John Locke on the Ends of Political Society and Government
905
3
Fletcher v. Peck
908
4
Trustees of Dartmouth College v. Woodward
912
4
Charles River Bridge Co. v. Warren Bridge Co.
916
7
Home Building & Loan Assocaition v. Blaisdell
923
6
City of El Paso v. Simmons
929
4
United States Trust Co. of New York v. State of New Jersey
933
3
The Development and Demise of a ``Liberty of Contract''
936
33
[Allgeyer v. Louisiana]
940
2
[Mugler v. Kansas]
942
1
[Jacobson v. Massachusetts]
943
1
[Adair v. United States]
944
1
[Coppage v. Kansas]
945
5
Butchers' Benevolent Association v. Cresent City Livestock Landing Slaughterhouse Co. (The Slaughterhouse Cases)
950
5
Munn v. Illinois
955
2
Lockner v. New York
957
7
West Coast Hotel Co. v. parrish
964
3
Lincoln Federal Labor Union v. Northwestern Iron & Metal Co.
967
2
The ``Takings Clause'' and Just Compensation
969
14
[Lucas v. South Carolina Coastal Council]
970
3
Hawaii Housing Authority v. Midkiff
973
3
Nollan v. California Coastal Commission
976
4
The Development of Law: Other Important Rulings on the Takings Clause
980
3
Appendix A: Researching Legal Materials and Law-Related Sources on the Web
983
8
Appendix B: The How, Why, and What to Briefing and Citing Court Cases
991
4
Members of the Supreme Court of the United States
995
4
Biographies of Current Justices
999
6
Glossary
1005
6
Index of Cases
1011
10
General Index
1021