Constitutional Law for a Changing America : Institutional Powers and Constraints

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Should a president be immune from civil lawsuits? Can the federal government force local governments to enforce the Brady bill gun control law? This text analyzes the institutional authority of government as it is interpreted in important Court decisions, including nation-state relations and economic liberties.

Preface

xvii

I THE U.S. CONSTITUTION

An Introduction to the U.S. Constitution

(1)

The Road to the U.S. Constitution

(4)

Underlying Principles of the Constitution

(4)

Readings

(2)

Understanding the U.S. Supreme Court

(48)

Processing Supreme Court Cases

(11)

Supreme Court Decisionmaking: Legally Relevant Approaches

(11)

Supreme Court Decisionmaking: Extralegal Approaches

(12)

Conducting Research on the Supreme Court

(2)

Readings

(6)

II INSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY

Structuring the Federal System

(1)

Origins of the Separation of Powers/Checks and Balances System

(2)

Separation of Powers and the Constitution

(1)

Contemporary Thinking on the Constitutional Scheme: Separation of Powers Games

(2)

Readings

(1)

The Judiciary

(60)

Establishment of the Federal Judiciary

(4)

Judicial Review

(1)

Marbury v. Madison (1803)

(12)

Martin v. Hunter's Lessee (1816)

(9)

Eakin v. Raub (1825)

(4)

Constraints on Judicial Power: Article III

(1)

Ex parte McCardle (1869)

(7)

Baker v. Carr (1962)

(6)

Nixon v. United States (1993)

105

(5)

Flast v. Cohen (1968)

110

(7)

Constraints on Judicial Power: The Separation of Powers/Checks and Balances System

117

(2)

Readings

119

(2)

The Legislature

121

(64)

Article I: Historical Overview

121

(4)

Congressional Authority over Internal Affairs: Institutional Independence and Integrity

125

(3)

Powell v. McCormack (1969)

128

(6)

U.S. Term Limits v. Thornton (1995)

134

(8)

Gravel v. United States (1972)

142

(5)

Sources and Scope of Legislative Powers

147

(2)

McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)

149

(8)

McGrain v. Daugherty (1927)

157

(4)

Watkins v. United States (1957)

161

(5)

Barenblatt v. United States (1959)

166

(8)

United States v. Curtiss-Wright Export Corp. (1936)

174

(5)

South Carolina v. Katzenbach (1966)

179

(4)

Readings

183

(2)

The Executive

185

(67)

Article II: Basic Considerations

185

(9)

The Faithful Execution of the Laws: Defining the Contours of Presidential Power

194

(1)

In re Neagle (1890)

194

(6)

Domestic Powers of the President

200

(1)

Clinton v. City of New York (1998)

201

(5)

Morrison v. Olson (1988)

206

(10)

Myers v. United States (1926)

216

(4)

Humphrey's Executor v. United States (1935)

220

(4)

United States v. Nixon (1974)

224

(5)

Mississippi v. Johnson (1867)

229

(3)

Nixon v. Fitzgerald (1982)

232

(5)

Clinton v. Jones (1997)

237

(6)

Ex parte Grossman (1925)

243

(3)

Murphy v. Ford (1975)

246

(2)

The President and Foreign Policy

248

(1)

United States v. Curtiss-Wright Export Corp. (1936)

248

(3)

Readings

251

(1)

The Separation of Powers System in Action

252

(53)

Domestic Powers

252

(5)

Mistretta v. United States (1989)

257

(5)

Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Chadha (1983)

262

(4)

Bowsher v. Synar (1986)

266

(5)

Presidential Power During War and National Emergencies

271

(1)

The Prize Cases (1863)

272

(3)

Ex parte Milligan (1866)

275

(8)

Korematsu v. United States (1944)

283

(5)

Youngstown Sheet & Tube Company v. Sawyer (1952)

288

(5)

Dames & Moore v. Regan (1981)

293

(3)

Readings

296

(3)

III NATION-STATE RELATIONS

Allocating Government Power

299

(1)

The Framers and Federalism

300

(1)

The Tenth and Eleventh Amendments

301

(2)

Readings

303

(2)

Federalism

305

(80)

Nation-State Relations: The Doctrinal Cycle

305

(2)

McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)

307

(6)

Scott v. Sandford (1857)

313

(8)

Hammer v. Dagenhart (1918)

321

(4)

United States v. Darby Lumber (1941)

325

(2)

National League of Cities v. Usery (1976)

327

(6)

Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority (1985)

333

(6)

New York v. United States (1992)

339

(5)

Printz v. United States (1997)

344

(6)

The Eleventh Amendment

350

(2)

Alden v. Maine (1999)

352

(7)

New Judicial Federalism

359

(2)

Michigan v. Long (1983)

361

(8)

National Preemption of State Laws

369

(1)

State of Missouri v. Holland (1920)

369

(2)

Crosby v. National Foreign Trade Council (2000)

371

(5)

Pennsylvania v. Nelson (1956)

376

(3)

Pacific Gas and Electric Company v. State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission (1983)

379

(4)

Readings

383

(2)

The Commerce Power

385

(77)

Constitutional Foundations of the Commerce Power

385

(2)

Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)

387

(4)

Defining Interstate Commerce

391

(2)

United States v. E. C. Knight Co. (1895)

393

(4)

Stafford v. Wallace (1922)

397

(2)

The Supreme Court and the New Deal

399

(3)

A. L. A. Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States (1935)

402

(6)

Carter v. Carter Coal Company (1936)

408

(8)

National Labor Relations Board v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation (1937)

416

(7)

Wickard v. Filburn (1942)

423

(2)

Modern Limitations on the Commerce Power

425

(1)

United States v. Lopez (1995)

426

(5)

United States v. Morrison (2000)

431

(5)

Regulating Commerce as a Federal Police Power

436

(2)

Champion v. Ames (1903)

438

(4)

Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States (1964)

442

(2)

The Commerce Power of the States

444

(2)

Cooley v. Board of Wardens (1852)

446

(4)

Southern Pacific Company v. Arizona (1945)

450

(4)

Hunt v. Washington State Apple Advertising Commission (1977)

454

(3)

Maine v. Taylor (1986)

457

(3)

Readings

460

(2)

The Power to Tax and Spend

462

(59)

The Constitutional Power to Tax and Spend

462

(1)

Direct Taxes and the Power to Tax Income

463

(3)

Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. (1895)

466

(6)

Taxation of Exports

472

(1)

United States v. United States Shoe Corporation (1998)

472

(2)

Intergovernmental Tax Immunity

474

(2)

South Carolina v. Baker (1988)

476

(2)

Davis v. Michigan Department of Treasury (1989)

478

(3)

Taxation as a Regulatory Power

481

(1)

McCray v. United States (1904)

482

(3)

Bailey v. Drexel Furniture Co. (1922)

485

(3)

Taxing and Spending for the General Welfare

488

(1)

United States v. Butler (1936)

489

(5)

Steward Machine Co. v. Davis (1937)

494

(4)

South Dakota v. Dole (1987)

498

(3)

Restrictions on the Revenue Powers of the States

501

(1)

Michelin Tire Corp. v. Wages (1976)

502

(3)

Complete Auto Transit v. Brady (1977)

505

(2)

Quill Corp. v. North Dakota (1992)

507

(4)

Oregon Waste System v. Department of Environmental Quality of the State of Oregon (1994)

511

(3)

Readings

514

(3)

IV ECONOMIC LIBERTIES

Economic Liberties and Individual Rights

517

(2)

Readings

519

(2)

The Contract Clause

521

(33)

The Farmers and the Contract Clause

521

(2)

John Marshall and the Contract Clause

523

(1)

Fletcher v. Peck (1810)

523

(5)

Trustees of Dartmouth College v. Woodward (1819)

528

(5)

Decline of the Contract Clause: From the Taney Court to the New Deal

533

(1)

Proprietors of Charles River Bridge v. Proprietors of Warren Bridge (1837)

534

(5)

Stone v. Mississippi (1880)

539

(3)

Home Building and Loan Association v. Blaisdell (1934)

542

(4)

Revitalization of the Contract Clause

546

(1)

United States Trust Co. v. New Jersey (1977)

546

(4)

Allied Structural Steel Co. v. Spannaus (1978)

550

(3)

Readings

553

(1)

Economic Substantive Due Process

554

(46)

The Development of Substantive Due Process

557

(1)

The Slaughterhouse Cases (1873)

557

(7)

Munn v. Illinois (1877)

564

(6)

Allgeyer v. Louisiana (1897)

570

(2)

The Roller Coaster Ride of Substantive Due Process: 1898-1923

572

(1)

Lochner v. New York (1905)

573

(6)

Muller v. Oregon (1908)

579

(6)

The Heyday of Substantive Due Process: 1923-1936

585

(1)

Adkins v. Children's Hospital (1923)

585

(3)

The Depression, the New Deal, and the Decline of Substantive Due Process

588

(1)

Nebbia v. New York (1934)

588

(5)

West Coast Hotel v. Parrish (1937)

593

(4)

Williamson v. Lee Optical Company (1955)

597

(2)

Readings

599

(1)

The Takings Clause

600

(74)

Protecting Private Property from Government Seizure

600

(3)

What Constitutes a Taking?

603

(1)

United States v. Causby (1946)

603

(3)

Penn Central Transportation Company v. City of New York (1978)

606

(4)

Public Use Requirement

610

(1)

Berman v. Parker (1954)

611

(2)

Hawaii Housing Authority v. Midkiff (1984)

613

(3)

Resurrecting the Takings Clause

616

(2)

Nollan v. California Coastal Commission (1987)

618

(3)

Lucas v. South Carolina Coastal Council (1992)

621

(4)

Dolan v. City of Tigard (1994)

625

(5)

Readings

630

(3)

REFERENCE MATERIAL

Constitution of the United States

633

(10)

Federalist Paper, No. 78

643

(4)

Bush v. Gore (2000)

647

(8)

U.S. Presidents

655

(2)

Thumbnail Sketch of the Supreme Court's History

657

(2)

The Justices

659

(6)

Natural Courts

665

(6)

Supreme Court Calendar

671

(1)

Briefing Supreme Court Cases

672

(2)

Glossary

674

(5)

Subject Index

679

(14)

Case Index

693

(6)

Illustration Credits

699

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