An Overview of the History of the US Constitution
From the Revolution to the Bill of Rights
The early national period
The crisis over slavery and the Civil War
The late nineteenth century and the growth of the modern state
The New Deal crisis and the new constitutional regime
From the Reagan Revolution to the present
The Constitutional Politics of the Legislative Branch
Congress: its basic structure and roles
The American party system
Political parties and the written constitution
Legislative districting and gerrymandering
Candidate selection and gerrymandering
Constitutional politics within Congress
The Constitutional Politics of the Executive Branch
The President as party leader
The President's role in legislation
The unitary executive and the modern administrative state
The unitary executive in foreign affairs
The Constitutional Politics of the Judicial Branch
Judicial review and judicial supremacy
Political constraints on the jurisdiction of the Federal courts
Doctrinal constraints on the jurisdiction of the Federal courts
Federalism and the Reach of National Power
State governments and the US Constitution
The emergence of plenary national power
The so-called "Federalism Revolution" of the 1990s
Federalism and the spending power
Individual Rights under the Constitution
- Pragmatic and realistic critiques
The New Deal reconstruction
The emergence of modern liberalism: autonomy and accommodation
Lawyers and rights litigation: the development of support structures
Political parties and social movements
Constitutional rights at century's end
The Processes of Constitutional Change
Constitutional interpretation as a mechanism of constitutional change
Interpretive methods: an introduction
Constitutional moments and constitutional change
