"Having taught constitutional law courses to undergraduate students for a number of years, we have received many questions from students about matters that the U.S. Supreme Court has not yet addressed: Does the message on my t-shirt constitute fighting words? Can we begin our student government meetings with a prayer? Is our university's affirmative action policy constitutional? In most cases, we have found that students want definitive answers to these questions"--
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Introduction: Putting the people back in "We the people" / Michael C. Dorf -- The story of Marbury v. Madison: making defeat look like victory / Michael W. McConnell --...
The history of the constitution and the supreme court are used to lay the ground work for Constitutional Law: Governmental Powers, Structures, and Limits, which is by far the most...
Constitutional law is a difficult subject to grasp as it incorporates many different theories, legal questions, and interpretations.
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The short-term impact of Perry was that it did not resolve one of the biggest constitutional questions in recent memory—whether states can prohibit the marriage of same-sex couples—because the appealing party lacked standing.
Thorough coverage of the topic makes it appropriate for both beginning and advanced courses. New to the 7th Edition: Discussion of many new cases, including: Allen v. Cooper; American Legion v. American Humanist Association.
Constitutional theory, Earl Maltz argues, has reached a critical impasse marked by a largely unproductive stalemate between originalists and nonoriginalists regarding the proper role of judicial review. It's time, he...
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