The U.S. Constitution is at the core of the American political system. Yet, despite its central role in our lives, this ever-controversial founding document is vague about many of the issues confronting modern society.
Author(s): Eric Berger
Series: The Great Courses
Publisher: The Teaching Company
Year: 2019-05
Language: English
Pages: 123
Tags: TTC, TGC, Constitution US,
Professor Biography......Page 3
Table of Contents......Page 5
Course Scope......Page 7
A Nation in Crisis......Page 10
The Articles of Confederation......Page 11
The Constitutional Convention......Page 12
The Result......Page 13
The Constitution’s Purposes......Page 14
Individual Rights......Page 15
Interpreting the Constitution......Page 16
Background on Marbury v. Madison......Page 18
Quirks in the Case......Page 19
Marshall’s Ruling......Page 20
Marshall’s Reasoning......Page 21
McCulloch v. Maryland......Page 22
McCulloch v. Maryland in the Supreme Court......Page 24
Textual Arguments......Page 25
Conclusion......Page 26
Situating the President......Page 28
Pronouns in the Constitution......Page 29
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company v. Sawyer......Page 30
A Different Opinion......Page 32
Executive Orders......Page 33
Administrative Agencies......Page 34
Conclusion......Page 35
Congress’s Enumerated Powers......Page 37
The Commerce Clause......Page 38
The 1930s......Page 39
Roosevelt’s Reaction......Page 40
A Turning Point......Page 41
Wickard v. Filburn......Page 43
Civil Rights and the Commerce Clause......Page 45
Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United States......Page 46
The Court’s Reasoning......Page 47
Pulling Back......Page 48
Revisions......Page 49
The Federalism Revolution......Page 50
The Individual Mandate......Page 51
The Government’s Theory......Page 52
Conclusion......Page 53
Overview of the Fourteenth Amendment......Page 55
The Slaughterhouse Cases......Page 56
The Due Process Clause......Page 57
Lochner v. New York......Page 58
Griswold v. Connecticut......Page 60
Conclusion......Page 62
Roe v. Wade......Page 64
Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey......Page 65
New Developments......Page 66
Lawrence v. Texas......Page 68
Same-Sex Marriage......Page 70
Background......Page 73
Korematsu v. United States......Page 75
Brown v. Board of Education......Page 76
Brown v. Board of Education II......Page 77
Conclusion......Page 79
Lecture 9– The Affirmative Action Conundrum......Page 82
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke......Page 83
Powell’s Conclusion......Page 84
Grutter v. Bollinger and Gratz v. Bollinger......Page 85
The Details of Grutter......Page 86
The Details of Gratz......Page 87
Fisher v. University of Texas......Page 88
Conclusion......Page 89
Lecture 10– Sex Discrimination and Women’s Rights......Page 92
An Ongoing Struggle......Page 93
Reed v. Reed......Page 94
Craig v. Boren......Page 95
United States v. Virginia......Page 96
Conclusion......Page 98
Justiciability Doctrines......Page 100
Standing Doctrine in Practice......Page 101
The Injury Prong......Page 102
The Redressablity Prong......Page 103
Sovereign Immunity......Page 104
Deferring Courts......Page 105
Conclusion......Page 106
Lecture 12– The Politics of Constitutional Law......Page 109
Judicial Nominees......Page 110
Garland’s Nomination......Page 111
Politics and Constitutional Law......Page 112
The Constitution and Politics......Page 113
Changing the Constitution......Page 114
Conclusion......Page 115
Bibliography......Page 117
Image Credits......Page 122
