Contents
Constitutional Law and American Democracy: Cases and Readings
PART 1: FOUNDATIONS
Chapter 1: Judicial Authority
A: The Origins of Judicial Review
B: From Judicial Review to Judicial Supremacy
Chapter 2: Theories of Interpretation
A: Originalism
B: Proceduralism
C: Moral Reading of the Constitution
D: Pragmatism and Consequentialism
PART 2: POWERS
Chapter 3: Congressional Authority and ItsLimits
A: The Idea of Enumerated Powers
B: The Battle over Economic Regulation
C: The New Federalism
Chapter 4: Presidential Authority and Its Limits
A: The Executive and the Separation of Powers
B: Foreign Affairs and the Power to Declare War
C: The Presidency and the Rule of Law
PART 3: LIBERTY
Chapter 5: Free Speech
A: Political Speech
B: Obscenity, Pornography, and Hate Speech
Chapter 6: Religion
A: Free Exercise and Accommodation
B: Establishment, Public Funding, and Prayer
Chapter 7: Substantive Due Process and Fundamental Rights
A: Economic Substantive Due Process
B: Rights of the Family
C: The Right to Privacy: Sexual Relations, Reproductive Freedom, Abortion, and Assisted Suicide
PART 4: EQUALITY
Chapter 8: Race and Equality
A: Slavery, Segregation, and Racism
B: Affirmative Action
C: Voting Discrimination
Chapter 9: Gender, Sexual Orientation, and Equality
A: Sex and Gender
B: Sexual Orientation
