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Constitutional Law for a Changing America Resource Center

Lee Epstein
Thomas G. Walker

A Short Course

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  • I. THE U.S. CONSTITUTION
  • 1. The Living Constitution
  • 2. Understanding the Supreme Court
  • II. INSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY
  • 3. The Judiciary
  • 4. The Legislature
  • 5. The Executive
  • III. NATION-STATE RELATIONS
  • 6. Federalism
  • 7. The Commerce Power
  • 8. The Power to Tax and Spend
  • IV. ECONOMIC LIBERTIES
  • 9. The Contract Clause
  • 10. Economic Substantive Due Process
  • 11. The Takings Clause
  • V. CIVIL LIBERTIES
  • 12. Religion: Exercise and Establishment
  • 13. Freedom of Speech, Assembly, and Association
  • 14. Freedom of the Press
  • 15. The Right to Keep and Bear Arms
  • 16. The Right to Privacy
  • VI. THE RIGHTS OF THE CRIMINALLY ACCUSED
  • 17. Investigations and Evidence
  • 18. Attorneys, Trials, and Punishments
  • VII. CIVIL RIGHTS
  • 19. Discrimination
  • 20. Voting and Representation

Cases

John Marshall and the Contract Clause

  • Fletcher v. Peck 
  • Trustees of Dartmouth College v. Woodward 

 

The Decline of the Contract Clause

  • Fertilizing Company v. Hyde Park 
  • Stone v. Mississippi 

 

Contemporary Applications of the Contract Clause

  • Allied Structural Steel v. Spannaus 
  • Energy Reserves Group v. Kansas Power and Light 
  • Keystone Bituminous Coal Association v. DeBenedictis 
  • Sveen v. Melin 
  • United States Trust v. New Jersey 

 

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