This book examines leading Supreme Court decisions involving the powers of the Court, the president, and Congress, as we
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Table of contents :
Preface
Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
1 The Supreme Court and Judicial Power
Constitutional Basics
Important Legal Concepts
The Supreme Court as a Political Institution
Attitudes, Strategies, and Role Conceptions
Judicial Impact
Of Time, Theory, and Robert McCloskey
Judicial Review
Marbury v. Madison, 1 Cranch 137 (1803)
Jurisdiction
Chisholm v. Georgia, 2 Dallas 419 (1793)
Barron v. Baltimore, 1 Peters 243 (1833)
Ex Parte McCardle, 7 Wallace 506 (1869)
Rasul v. Bush, 542 U.S. 507 (2004)
Justiciability
Baker v. Carr, 369 U.S. 186 (1962)
Goldwater v. Carter, 444 U.S. 996 (1979)
Standing to Sue
Flast v. Cohen, 392 U.S. 83 (1968)
Judicial Activism
Griswold v. Connecticut, 381 U.S. 479 (1965)
Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973)
Judicial Restraint
Calder v. Bull, 3 Dallas 386 (1798)
Slaughterhouse Cases, 16 Wallace 36 (1873)
Political Questions
Luther v. Borden, 7 Howard 1 (1849)
References
2 The Presidency and Presidential Power
Constitutional Basics
Military, Foreign, and Domestic Affairs
Limitations on Presidential Power
Presidential Power and Donald Trump
Judicial Impact
War and Military Affairs
The Prize Cases, 2 Black 635 (1863)
Ex Parte Milligan, 4 Wallace 2 (1866)
Mississippi v. Johnson, 4 Wallace 475 (1867)
Korematsu v. United States, 323 U.S. 214 (1944)
Foreign Affairs
United States v. Curtiss-Wright Export Corporation, 299 U.S. 304 (1936)
Dames & Moore v. Regan, 453 U.S. 654 (1981)
Sale v. Haitian Centers Council, Incorporated, 509 U.S. 155 (1993)
Treaty-Making Power
Missouri v. Holland, 252 U.S. 416 (1920)
National Security and Emergencies
Youngstown Sheet & Tube v. Sawyer, 343 U.S. 579 (1952)
New York Times Company v. United States, 403 U.S. 713 (1971)
United States v. United States District Court, 407 U.S. 297 (1972)
Appointments and Removals
Myers v. United States, 272 U.S. 52 (1926)
Humphrey’s Executor v. United States, 295 U.S. 602 (1935)
Bowsher v. Synar, 478 U.S. 714 (1986)
Morrison v. Olson, 487 U.S. 654 (1988)
Legislative Powers in the Administrative State
Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Chadha, 462 U.S. 919 (1983)
Clinton v. City of New York, 524 U.S. 417 (1998)
Accountability and Immunities
United States v. Nixon, 418 U.S. 683 (1974)
Nixon v. Fitzgerald, 457 U.S. 731 (1982)
Clinton v. Jones, 520 U.S. 681 (1997)
Bush v. Gore, 531 U.S. 98 (2000)
Trump v. Hawaii, 585 U.S. (2018)
References
3 Congress and Congressional Power
Constitutional Basics
Commercial Regulation Before the New Deal
The New Deal and Its Aftermath
Membership in Congress
Privileges and Immunities
Investigations by Congress
Congressional Delegation of Authority
Taxing and Spending
The Court v. Congress
Judicial Impact
Judicial Power in the Shadow of Congress
Commercial Regulation Before the New Deal
Gibbbons v. Ogden, 9 Wheaton 1 (1824)
Cooley v. Board of Wardens, 12 Howard 299 (1852)
Swift & Company v. United States, 196 U.S. 375 (1905)
United States v. E. C. Knight Company, 156 U.S. 1 (1895)
Hammer v. Dagenhart, 247 U.S. 251 (1918)
Schechter Poultry Corporation v. United States, 295 U.S. 495 (1935)
Carter v. Carter Coal Company, 298 U.S. 238 (1936)
Commerce, the New Deal, and Its Aftermath
National Labor Relations Board v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corparation, 301 U.S. 1 (1937)
United States v. Darby Lumber Company, 312 U.S. 100 (1941)
Wickard v. Filburn, 317 U.S. 111 (1942)
Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States, 379 U.S. 241 (1964)
Katzenbach v. McClung, 379 U.S. 294 (1964)
National League of Cities v. Usery, 426 U.S. 833 (1976)
Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority, 469 U.S. 528 (1985)
New York v. United States, 505 U.S. 144 (1992)
United States v. Lopez, 514 U.S. 549 (1995)
Reno v. Condon, 528 U.S. 141 (2000)
City of Boerne v. Flores, 521 U.S. 507 (1997)
United States v. Morrison, 529 U.S. 598 (2000)
Membership in Congress
Powell v. McCormack, 395 U.S. 486 (1969)
U.S. Term Limits, Incorporated v. Thornton, 514 U.S. 779 (1995)
Privileges and Immunities
Gravel v. United States, 408 U.S. 606 (1972)
Eastland v. U.S. Servicemen’s Fund, 421 U.S. 491 (1975)
Hutchinson v. Proxmire, 443 U.S. 111 (1979)
Investigations by Congress
Watkins v. United States, 354 U.S. 178 (1957)
Barenblatt v. United States, 360 U.S. 109 (1959)
Taxing and Spending
United States v. Butler, 297 U.S. 1 (1936)
Steward Machine Company v. Davis, 301 U.S. 548 (1937)
Fullilove v. Klutznick, 448 U.S. 448 (1980)
South Dakota v. Dole, 438 U.S. 203 (1987)
National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius, 567 U.S. 519 (2012)
References
4 Federalism and Federal-State Relations
Constitutional Basics
From Marshall to the Third Constitutional Era
State Commercial Regulation
The Tenth and Eleventh Amendments
Judicial Federalism
The Court v. the States
Judicial Impact
From Marshall to the Third Constitutional Era
McCulloch v. Maryland, 4 Wheaton 316 (1819)
Cohens v. Virginia, 6 Wheaton 264 (1821)
Osborn v. The Bank of the United States, 9 Wheaton 738 (1824)
Collector v. Day, 11 Wallace 113 (1871)
State Commercial Regulation
Southern Pacific Railroad Company v. Arizona, 325 U.S. 761 (1945)
Bibb v. Navajo Freight Lines, Incorporated, 359 U.S. 520 (1959)
Maine v. Taylor, 477 U.S. 131 (1986)
The Tenth and Eleventh Amendments
Printz v. United States, 521 U.S. 898 (1997)
Seminole Tribe of Florida v. Florida, 517 U.S. 44 (1996)
Alden v. Maine, 527 U.S. 706 (1999)
Judicial Federalism
Martin v. Hunter’s Lessee, 1 Wheaton 304 (1816)
Cooper v. Aaron, 358 U.S. 1 (1958)
South Carolina v. Katzenbach, 383 U.S. 301 (1966)
Younger v. Harris, 401 U.S. 37 (1971)
Stone v. Powell, 428 U.S. 465 (1976)
References
5 Americans’ Economic Rights
Constitutional Basics
The Contract Clause
Substantive Due Process and the Laissez-Faire Court
The Takings Clause
Judicial Impact
The Contract Clause
Fletcher v. Peck, 6 Cranch 87 (1810)
New Jersey v. Wilson, 7 Cranch 164 (1812)
Dartmouth College v. Woodward, 4 Wheaton 517 (1819)
Charles River Bridge v. Warren Bridge, 11 Peters 420 (1837)
Home Building and Loan Association v. Blaisdell, 290 U.S. 398 (1934)
United States Trust Company of New York v. New Jersey, 431 U.S. 1 (1977)
Allied Structural Steel Company. v. Spannaus, 438 U.S. 234 (1978)
Substantive Due Process and the Laissez-Faire Court
Munn v. Illinois, 94 U.S. 113 (1877)
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad Company. v. Minnesota, 134 U.S. 418 (1890)
Allgeyer v. Louisiana, 165 U.S. 578 (1897)
Lochner v. New York, 198 U.S. 45 (1905)
Adair v. United States, 208 U.S. 161 (1908)
Muller v. Oregon, 208 U.S. 412 (1908)
Adkins v. Children’s Hospital, 261 U.S. 525 (1923)
Morehead v. New York Ex Rel. Tipaldo, 298 U.S. 587 (1936)
West Coast Hotel v. Parrish, 300 U.S. 379 (1937)
Williamson v. Lee Optical Company, 384 U.S. 483 (1955)
Pennell v. City of San Jose, 485 U.S. 1 (1988)
The Takings Clause
Nollan v. California Coastal Commission, 483 U.S. 825 (1987)
Hawaii Housing Authority v. Midkiff, 467 U.S. 229 (1984)
Kelo v. City of New London, Conn., 545 U.S. 469 (2005)
References–Constitutional Landmarks
Constitutional Landmarks
Afterword: The Roberts Court and America in Turmoil
References
Index