The Living U.S. Constitution Third Revised Edition,9780452011472

The Living U.S. Constitution Third Revised Edition

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Edition: 3rd
ISBN13: 9780452011472
ISBN10: 0452011477
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1995-05-01
Publisher(s): Plume
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Summary

Beginning with the story of the forming of the Constitution, this book includes illuminating character sketches of the delegates, written by their contemporaries. The complete text of the Constitution is highlighted, as well as Supreme Court decisions, cited because they shed light on Constitutional problems.

Table of Contents

Foreword xv
Introduction: The Supreme Court and the Constitution xvii
Note to the Reader xix
The Constitution
1(47)
The Constitutional Convention
1(12)
The Ratification Debates
13(10)
Later Comments on the Constitution
23(25)
Delegates and Signers
25(1)
List of Delegates (by States)
26(1)
Signers (Alphabetical)
27(1)
Contemporary Pen Portraits of the Delegates
28(1)
Major Pierce's Character Sketches
28(15)
French Character Sketches
43(4)
Chronological Table
47(1)
The Judicial Power
48(23)
Marbury v. Madison
48(5)
Calder v. Bull
53(1)
Ex Parte McCardle
54(3)
Missouri v. Jenkins
57(14)
The Supreme Court on Precedent
63(1)
The Supreme Court on Democracy
64(1)
American Statesmen and Supreme Court Justices on Judicial Review
65(1)
Thomas Jefferson
65(1)
James Madison
65(1)
Andrew Jackson
66(1)
Abraham Lincoln
66(1)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
67(1)
Justice Harlan
68(1)
Justice Holmes
68(1)
Justice Roberts
68(1)
Justice Stone
68(1)
Justice Sutherland
69(1)
Justice Black
69(1)
Justice Frankfurter
70(1)
Justice Brennan
70(1)
The Federal System
71(37)
McCulloch v. Maryland
71(13)
Cohens v. Virginia
84(6)
Baldwin v. Fish and Game Commission of Montana
90(4)
Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority
94(8)
South Dakota v. Dole
102(6)
Separation of Powers
108(41)
Humphrey's Executor v. United States
109(3)
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co. v. Sawyer
112(7)
United States v. Nixon
119(5)
Watkins v. United States
124(5)
Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Chadha
129(8)
Mistretta v. United States
137(12)
Foreign Affairs and National Security
149(31)
The Prize Cases
150(5)
Misssouri v. Holland
155(2)
United States v. Curtiss-Wright Export Corp.
157(5)
New York Times Co. v. United States
162(8)
Ex Parte Milligan
170(5)
Korematsu v. United States
175(5)
The Commerce Power
180(33)
Gibbons v. Ogden
180(8)
Cooley v. Board of Wardens
188(3)
Hammer v. Dagenhart;
United States v. Darby
191(7)
Wickard v. Filburn
198(3)
Southern Pacific Co. v. Arizona
201(4)
Philadelphia v. New Jersey
205(4)
Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States
209(4)
Substantive Due Process
213(63)
Economic Rights
213(1)
Slaughter-House Cases
213(9)
Lochner v. New York
222(6)
West coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish
228(3)
Right to Privacy
231(1)
Griswold v. Connecticut
231(9)
Roe v. Wade
240(8)
Harris v. McRae
248(3)
Planned Parenthood v. Casey
251(25)
Equal Protection
276(55)
Civil Rights Cases
276(6)
Plessy v. Ferguson
282(5)
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka;
Bolling v. Sharpe
287(6)
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
293(12)
Richmond v. Croson Co.
305(12)
Reed v. Reed
317(2)
Mississippi University for Women v. Hogan
319(6)
Reynolds v. Sims
325(6)
Civil Liberties: First Amendment Freedoms
331(50)
Freedom of Speech and of the Press
331(1)
Schenck v. United States
331(2)
Dennis v. United States
333(10)
New York Times Co. v. Sullivan
343(7)
R.A.V. v. St. Paul
350(7)
Establishment of Religion, Free Exercise
357(1)
Minersville School District v. Gobitis;
West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette
357(10)
Wisconsin v. Yoder
367(6)
Abington School District v. Schempp
373(8)
Civil Liberties: Criminal Procedures
381(46)
Palko v. Connecticut
382(4)
United States v. Leon
386(7)
Olmstead v. United States;
Katz v. United States
393(8)
Terry v. Ohio
401(8)
Gideon v. Wainwright
409(3)
Miranda v. Arizona
412(6)
Gregg v. Georgia
418(9)
Appendix A. List of Supreme Court Decisions with Citations 427(2)
Appendix B. Justices of the United States Supreme Court 429(10)
1. Chief Justices (Alphabetical Order)
429(1)
2. Chief Justices (Chronological Order)
430(1)
3. Associate Justices (Alphabetical Order)
431(3)
4. Presidents and Their Supreme Court Appointments
434(5)
Appendix C. The Declaration of Independence 439(4)
Appendix D. The Constitution of the United States 443(24)
Indexed Guide to the Constitution and Supreme Court Decisions 467

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