This superb study is a unique and important contribution toward understanding our Constitution and the men who framed it. Includes illuminating character sketches of the delegates, the complete text of the Constitution, and historical and contemporary precedent-setting decisions of the Supreme Court.
This invaluable book updated the study of constitutional law with the addition of twenty contemporary Supreme Court cases dealing with such controversial topics as the legislative veto, stop-and-frisk, “set asides” to benefit minorities, and hate speech. Beginning with the story of the forming of the Constitution, it includes illuminating character sketches of the delegates written by their contemporaries, as well as the complete text of the Constitution itself. The Supreme Court decisions that the author cites were selected for their variety and complexity, and because they shed light on the problems that arise under the rule of the Constitution and the interpretations of that rule.
Author(s): Saul Kussiel Padover & Jacob W. Landynski
Edition: Second Revised
Publisher: Mentor Book
Year: 1982
Language: English
Commentary: Bookmarked, OCR (Cleartype)
Pages: 420
City: New Yok
Front Cover
THE LIVING U.S. CONSTITUTION SECOND REVISED EDITION
READINGS IN U.S. HISTORY
Full Title Page
Copyright
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Contents
Note to the Reader
Foreword
PART I The Constitution
Chapter I The Story of the Making of the Constitution
Chapter II Conflict over the Constitution and Some Opinions about It
Chapter III Delegates and Signers
Chapter IV Contemporary Pen Portraits of the Delegates
MAJOR PIERCE'S CHARACTER SKETCHES
FRENCH CHARACTER SKETCHES
Chapter V Some Comments on the Constitution
Chapter VI Text of the Constitution
THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES
AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION
Appendix Chronological Table
PART II The United States Supreme Court
Introduction Selected Supreme Court Decisions Expounding the Constitution
Chapter VII The Judicial Power
1. MARBURY v. MADISON (1803)
2. EX PARTE McCARDLE (1869)
3. COMMENTS BY AMERICAN STATESMEN AND, SUPREME COURT JUSTICES
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
Andrew Jackson
Abraham Lincoln
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Justice Chase
Justice lredell
Justice Harlan
Justice Holmes
Justice Roberts
Justice Stone
Justice Sutherland
Justice Black
Chapter VIII The Federal System
4. McCULLOCH v. MARYLAND (1819)
5. COHENS v. VIRGINIA (1821)
6. NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES v. USERY (1976)
Chapter IX Separation of Powers
7. HUMPHREY'S EXECUTOR v. UNITED STATES (1935)
8. YOUNGSTOWN SHEET AND TUBE CO. v. SAWYER (1952)
9. UNITED STATES v. NIXON (1974)
10. WATKINS v. UNITED STATES (1957)
Chapter X Foreign Affairs and National Security
11. EX PARTE MILLIGAN (1866)
12. MISSOURI v. HOLLAND (1920)
13. UNITED STATES v. BELMONT (1937)
14. UNITED STATES v. CURTISS-WRIGHT EXPORT CORP. (1936)
15. NEW YORK TIMES CO. v. UNITED STATES (1971)
16. KOREMATSU v. UNITED STATES (1944)
17. UNITED STATES v. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT (1972)
Chapter XI The Commerce Power
18. GIBBONS v. OGDEN (1824)
19. COOLEY v. BOARD OF WARDENS (1851)
20. HAMMER v. DAGENHART (1918) UNITED STATES v. DARBY (1941)
21. WICKARD v. FILBURN (1942)
22. HEART OF ATLANTA MOTEL v. UNITED STATES (1964)
Chapter XII Substantive Due Process
23. SLAUGHTER-HOUSE CASES (1873)
24. LOCHNER v. NEW YORK (1905)
25. WEST COAST HOTEL CO. v. PARRISH (1937)
26. FERGUSON v. SKRUPA (1963)
27. ROE v. WADE (1973)
Chapter XIII Equal Protection
28. CIVIL RIGHTS CASES (1883)
29. PLESSY v. FERGUSON (1896)
30. BROWN v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF TOPEKA (1954) BOLLING v. SHARPE (1954)
31. REYNOLDS v. SIMS (1964)
32. SHAPIRO v. THOMPSON (1969)
33. FRONTIERO v. RICHARDSON (1973)
34. REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA v. REGENTS BAKKE (1978)
Chapter XIV Civil Liberties: First Amendment Freedoms
35. SCHENCK v. UNITED STATES (1919)
36. DENNIS v. UNITED STATES (1951)
37. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE [NAACP] v. ALABAMA (1958)
38. NEW YORK TIMES CO. v. SULLIVAN (1964)
39. MINERSVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT v. GOBITIS (1940) WEST VIRGINIA STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION v. BARNETTE (1943)
40. ABINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT v. SCHEMPP (1963)
Chapter XV Civil Liberties: Criminal Procedures
41. PALKO v. CONNECTICUT (1937)
42. MAPP v. OHIO (1961)
43. GIDEON v. WAINWRIGHT (1963)
44. OLMSTEAD v. UNITED STATES (1928) KATZ v. UNITED STATES (1967)
45. MIRANDA v. ARIZONA (1966)
46. GREGG v. GEORGIA (1976)
Appendix A List of Supreme Court Decisions with Citations
Appendix B Justices of the United States Supreme Court
a. CHIEF JUSTICES In Alphabetical Order
b. CHIEF JUSTICES In Chronological Order
c. ASSOCIATE JUSTICES In Alphabetical Order
d. PRESIDENTS AND THEIR SUPREME COURT APPOINTMENTS
Indexed Guide to the Constitution and Supreme Court Decisions
MENTORS AMERICAN PRESIDENTS
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