American Constitutional Law

To ensure that you have the most up-to-date and complete materials for your Constitutional Law class, be sure to use American Constitutional Law: Powers and Liberties, 2009 Supplement.

Table of Cases

Caperton v. A.T. Massey Coal Company
City of Boerne v. Flores
City of Rome v. United States
Federal Communications Commission v. Fox
Georgia v. United States
Johanns v. Livestock Marketing Association
Lopez v. Monterey County
Maloney v. Cuomo
Maloney v. Rice
McDonald v. City of Chicago
National Rifle Association v. City of Chicago
Nordyke v. King
Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District No. 1 v. Holder
Pearson v. Callahan
Pleasant Grove City v. Summum
Republican Party v. White (“White II”)
Ricci v. DeStefano
South Carolina v. Katzenbach
Summers v. Earth Island Institute
Tumey v. Ohio
Weaver v. Bonner
Wygant v. Jackson Board of Education
Ysursa v. Pocatello Education Association

Part I: The Role of the Courts in Constitutional Interpretation
Chapter 1. Judicial Review and Constitutional Structure
Chapter 2. Doctrines Limiting the Scope of Judicial Review

Part II: Enforcing the Constitutional Allocation of Governmental Power
Chapter 3. The Limits of Federal Legislative Power: Judicially or Politically Enforceable Federalism?
Chapter 4. Limiting the Scope of State Power Over Interstate Commerce
Chapter 5. Separation of Powers

Part III: Individual Rights: Limits on the Use of Government Power

Chapter 6. Due Process
Chapter 7. Economic Rights: The Takings and Contracts Clauses
Chapter 8. Equal Protection
Chapter 9. Free Expression of Ideas
Chapter 10. The Religion Clauses
Chapter 11. State Action and the Power to Enforce Constitutional Rights
Chapter 12: The Right to Keep and Bear Arms

Table of Cases
Index