Constitutional Law for a Changing America : Institutional Powers and Constraints

by Epstein, Lee

• ISBN13: 9781568028224
• ISBN10: 1568028229
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-02-01
• Publisher: Cq Pr

Author Biography

Lee Epstein is the Edward Mallinckrodt Distinguished University Professor of Political Science and Professor of Law at Washington University Thomas G. Walker is professor and chair of the Department of Political Science at Emory University, where he teaches constitutional law and the judicial process

Table of Contents

Chronological Table of Cases	vii
Tables, Figures, and Boxes	ix
Preface	xiii
I THE U.S. CONSTITUTION
An Introduction to the U.S. Constitution	3	(1)
The Road to the U.S. Constitution	3	(4)
Underlying Principles of the Constitution	7	(3)
READINGS	10	(47)
1. UNDERSTANDING THE U.S. SUPREME COURT	13	(49)
Processing Supreme Court Cases	13	(12)
Supreme Court Decision Making: The Role of Law	25	(12)
Supreme Court Decision Making: The Role of Politics	37	(11)
Conducting Research on the Supreme Court	48	(3)
READINGS	51	(6)
II INSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY
Structuring the Federal System	57	(1)
The Origins of the Separation of Powers/Checks and Balances System	57	(2)
Separation of Powers and the Constitution	59	(1)
Contemporary Thinking on the Constitutional Scheme: Separation of Powers Games	60	(2)
READINGS	62	(257)
2. THE JUDICIARY	63	(60)
Establishment of the Federal Judiciary	64	(4)
Judicial Review	68	(26)
Marbury v. Madison (1803)	69	(10)
Martin v. Hunter's Lessee (1816)	79	(11)
Eakin v. Raub (1825)	90	(4)
Constraints on Judicial Power: Article III	94	(25)
Ex parte McCardle (1869)	95	(7)
Baker v. Carr (1962)	102	(6)
Nixon v. United States (1993)	108	(5)
Flast v. Cohen (1968)	113	(6)
Constraints on Judicial Power: The Separation of Powers/Checks and Balances System	119	(3)
READINGS	122	(1)
3. THE LEGISLATURE	123	(64)
Article I: Historical Overview	123	(4)
Congressional Authority over Internal Affairs: Institutional Independence and Integrity	127	(21)
Powell v. McCormack (1969)	130	(6)
U.S. Term Limits, Inc. v. Thornton (1995)	136	(8)
Gravel v. United States (1972)	144	(4)
Sources and Scope of Legislative Powers	148	(37)
McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)	151	(8)
McGrain v. Daugherty (1927)	159	(5)
Watkins v. United States (1957)	164	(4)
Barenblatt v. United States (1959)	168	(8)
United States v. Curtiss-Wright Export Corp. (1936)	176	(5)
South Carolina v. Katzenbach (1966)	181	(4)
READINGS	185	(2)
4. THE EXECUTIVE	187	(76)
Article II: Basic Considerations	187	(17)
Bush v. Gore (2000)	190	(14)
The Faithful Execution of the Laws:
Defining the Contours of Presidential Power	204	(1)
In re Neagle (1890)	205	(6)
Domestic Powers of the President	211	(47)
Clinton v. City of New York (1998)	212	(5)
Morrison v. Olson (1988)	217	(8)
Myers v. United States (1926)	225	(6)
Humphreys Executor v. United States (1935)	231	(4)
United States v. Nixon (1974)	235	(5)
Mississippi v. Johnson (1867)	240	(3)
Nixon v. Fitzgerald (1982)	243	(5)
Clinton v. Jones (1997)	248	(6)
Ex parte Grossman (1925)	254	(2)
Murphy v. Ford (1975)	256	(2)
The President and Foreign Policy	258	(4)
United States v. Curtiss-Wright Export Corp. (1936)	259	(3)
READINGS	262	(1)
5. THE SEPARATION OF POWERS SYSTEM IN ACTION	263	(60)
Domestic Powers	263	(19)
Mistretta v. United States (1989)	268	(5)
Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Chadha (1983)	273	(4)
Bowsher v. Synar (1986)	277	(5)
Presidential Power during War and National Emergencies	282	(34)
The Prize Cases (1863)	286	(2)
Ex parte Milligan (1866)	288	(8)
Exparte Quirin (1942)	296	(5)
Korematsu v. United States (1944)	301	(6)
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Company v. Sawyer (1952)	307	(5)
Dames & Moore v. Regan (1981)	312	(4)
READINGS	316	(3)
III NATION-STATE RELATIONS
Allocating Government Power	319	(1)
The Framers and Federalism	320	(1)
The Tenth and Eleventh Amendments	321	(2)
READINGS	323	(216)
6. FEDERALISM	325	(81)
Nation-State Relations: The Doctrinal Cycle	325	(45)
McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)	327	(7)
Scott v. Sandford (1857)	334	(7)
Hammer v. Dagenhart (1918)	341	(4)
United States v. Darby Lumber (1941)	345	(2)
National League of Cities v. Usery (1976)	347	(6)
Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority (1985)	353	(6)
New York v. United States (1992)	359	(5)
Printz v. United States (1997)	364	(6)
The Eleventh Amendment	370	(10)
Alden v. Maine (1999)	372	(8)
New Judicial Federalism	380	(8)
Michigan v. Long (1983)	382	(6)
National Preemption of State Laws	388	(17)
State of Missouri v. Holland (1920)	389	(3)
Crosby v. National Foreign Trade Council (2000)	392	(6)
Pennsylvania v. Nelson (1956)	398	(3)
Pacific Gas and Electric Company v. State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission (1983)	401	(4)
READINGS	405	(1)
7. THE COMMERCE POWER	406	(78)
Constitutional Foundations of the Commerce Power	406	(6)
Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)	408	(4)
Defining Interstate Commerce	412	(8)
United States v. E.C. Knight Co. (1895)	414	(4)
Stafford v. Wallace (1922)	418	(2)
The Supreme Court and the New Deal	420	(38)
A.L.A. Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States (1935)	425	(5)
Carter v. Carter Coal Company (1936)	430	(5)
National Labor Relations Board v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation (1937)	435	(8)
Wickard v. Filburn (1942)	443	(4)
United States v. Lopez (1995)	447	(6)
United States v. Morrison (2000)	453	(5)
Regulating Commerce as a Federal Police Power	458	(8)
Champion v. Ames (1903)	460	(4)
Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States (1964)	464	(2)
The Commerce Power of the States	466	(17)
Cooley v. Board of Wardens (1852)	468	(5)
Southern Pacific Company v. Arizona (1945)	473	(3)
Hunt v. Washington State Apple Advertising Commission (1977)	476	(3)
Maine v. Taylor (1986)	479	(4)
READINGS	483	(1)
8. THE POWER TO TAX AND SPEND	484	(57)
The Constitutional Power to Tax and Spend	484	(2)
Direct Taxes and the Power to Tax Income	486	(8)
Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. (1895)	489	(5)
Taxation of Exports	494	(2)
United States v. United States Shoe Corporation (1998)	494	(2)
Intergovernmental Tax Immunity	496	(7)
South Carolina v. Baker (1988)	498	(2)
Davis v. Michigan Department of Treasury (1989)	500	(3)
Taxation as a Regulatory Power	503	(7)
McCray v. United States (1904)	504	(3)
Bailey v. Drexel Furniture Co. (1922)	507	(3)
Taxing and Spending for the General Welfare	510	(13)
United States v. Butler (1936)	511	(5)
Steward Machine Co. v. Davis (1937)	516	(4)
South Dakota v. Dole (1987)	520	(3)
Restrictions on the Revenue Powers of the States	523	(13)
Michelin Tire Corp. v. Wages (1976)	524	(3)
Complete Auto Transit v. Brady (1977)	527	(2)
Quill Corp. v. North Dakota (1992)	529	(4)
Oregon Waste Systems v. Department of Environmental Quality of the State of Oregon (1994)	533	(3)
READINGS	536	(3)
IV ECONOMIC LIBERTIES
Economic Liberties and Individual Rights	539	(2)
READINGS	541	(35)
9. THE CONTRACT CLAUSE	543	(33)
The Framers and the Contract Clause	543	(2)
John Marshall and the Contract Clause	545	(10)
Fletcher v. Peck (1810)	545	(5)
Trustees of Dartmouth College v. Woodward (1819)	550	(5)
Decline of the Contract Clause: From the Taney Court to the New Deal	555	(12)
Proprietors of Charles River Bridge v. Proprietors of Warren Bridge (1837)	555	(6)
Stone v. Mississippi (1880)	561	(3)
Home Building and Loan Association v. Blaisdell (1934)	564	(3)
Modern Applications of the Contract Clause	567	(8)
United States Trust Co. v. New Jersey (1977)	568	(3)
Allied Structural Steel Co. v. Spannaus (1978)	571	(4)
READINGS	575	(1)
10. ECONOMIC SUBSTANTIVE DUE PROCESS	576	(51)
The Development of Substantive Due Process	579	(15)
The Slaughterhouse Cases (1873)	579	(7)
Munn v. Illinois (1877)	586	(6)
Allgeyer v. Louisiana (1897)	592	(2)
The Roller-Coaster Ride of Substantive Due Process: 1898-1923	594	(12)
Lochner v. New York (1905)	595	(6)
Muller v. Oregon (1908)	601	(5)
The Heyday of Substantive Due Process: 1923-1936	606	(3)
Adkins v. Children's Hospital (1923)	607	(2)
The Depression, the New Deal, and the Decline of Substantive Due Process	609	(11)
Nebbia v. New York (1934)	610	(5)
West Coast Hotel v. Parrish (1937)	615	(4)
Williamson v. Lee Optical Company (1955)	619	(1)
The Contemporary Relevance of Substantive Due Process	620	(5)
BMW of North America v. Gore (1996)	620	(5)
READINGS	625	(2)
11. THE TAKINGS CLAUSE	627	(34)
Protecting Private Property from Government Seizure	627	(3)
What Constitutes a Taking?	630	(7)
United States v. Causby (1946)	630	(3)
Penn Central Transportation Company v. City of New York (1978)	633	(4)
Public Use Requirement	637	(6)
Berman v. Parker (1954)	638	(2)
Hawaii Housing Authority v. Midk (1984)	640	(3)
Resurrecting the Takings Clause	643	(14)
Nollan v. California Coastal Commission (1987)	645	(2)
Lucas v. South Carolina Coastal Council (1992)	647	(5)
Dolan v. City of Tigard (1994)	652	(5)
READINGS	657	(4)
REFERENCE MATERIAL Constitution of the United States	661	(36)
Federalist Paper, No. 78	671	(3)
U.S. Presidents	674	(2)
Thumbnail Sketch of the Supreme Court's History	676	(2)
The Justices	678	(6)
Natural Courts	684	(6)
Supreme Court Calendar	690	(1)
Briefing Supreme Court Cases	691	(1)
Glossary	692	(4)
Online Case Archive Index	696	(1)
Subject Index	697	(16)
Case Index	713	(6)
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