Politics V53.0330                                                                                                            Professor Randall

Fall 2002

THE AMERICAN CONSTITUTION

Casebook: Richard S. Randall, American Constitutional Development, vol I: The Powers of Government

                  (Longman, 2002)

Classes and Readings:

 1.  (Sept. 5)  Introduction (xv-xxv, 1-4, Appendices C and D) 

 2.  (Sept. 10)  Revolution and Confederation  (7-34)                                                     

 3.  (Sept. 12)  The Framing  (37-61)                   

 4.  (Sept. 17)  The Formative Period  (63-83)                 

                  Chisholm v. Georgia  (97)

                  Marbury v. Madison  (99)

                  Eakin v. Raub  (103) 

5.  (Sept. 19)  The Formative Period  (83-95)

                  Martin v. Hunter's Lessee  (104)

                  Cohens v. Virginia  (108)

                  McCulloch v. Maryland  (110)

 6.  (Sept. 24)  The Formative Period

                  Barron v. Baltimore  (116)   

                  Luther v. Borden  (117)

 7.  (Sept. 26)  Slavery and Civil War  (121-153)

                  Prigg v. Pennsylvania  (164)

                  Dred Scott v. Sanford  (166)

                  Ableman v. Booth  (170)

                  The Prize Cases  (172)

 8.  (Oct. 1)  Slavery and Civil War  (153-162)                   

                  Ex Parte Milligan  (174)

                  Mississippi v. Johnson  (178)

                  Ex Parte McCardle  (179)

                  Texas v. White  (181)

9.  (Oct. 3)   The Republic of Bees (185-201)

                  Fletcher v. Peck  (202)

                  Dartmouth College v. Woodward  (203)

                  Gibbons v. Ogden  (206)

10.  (Oct. 8)  The Republic of Bees  

                  The Mayor of New York v. Miln  (211)

                  Charles River Bridge Co. v. Warren Bridge Co. (212)

                  Cooley v. Board of Wardens  (216)

11.  (Oct. 10)  Laissez Faire Constitutionalism  (219-238)                

                  The Slaughterhouse Cases  (255)

                  Munn v. Illinois  (260)

                  United States v. E. C. Knight Co. (264)

                  Pollock v. Farmer’s Loan & Trust Co. (267)

12.  (Oct. 15)  The Progressive Interlude  (238-249)

                  Champion v. Ames  (270)

                  McCray v. United States  (274)

                  Lochner v. New York  (276)

                  Muller v. Oregon  (280)

                  The Shreveport Rate Case  (282)

13.  (Oct. 17)  Laissez Faire Revisited  (249-254)

                  Hammer v. Dagenhart  (284)

                  Bailey v. Drexel Furniture Co.  (288)

                  Adkins v. Children’s Hospital  (289)

14.   (Oct. 22)  MIDTERM EXAMINATION

15.  (Oct. 24)  The New Deal  (295-313)

                  Home Building & Loan Association v. Blaisdell  (319)

                  Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States  (323)

                  Carter v. Carter Coal Co.  (326)

                  United States v. Butler  (330)

16.  (Oct. 29)  The New Deal  (313-318)

                  West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish  (334)

                  National Labor Relations Board v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp.  (337)

                  Steward Machine Co. v. Davis  (341)

17.  (Oct. 31)  The New Deal

                  United States v. Darby Lumber Co. (344)

                  Wickard v. Filburn  (347)

18.  (Nov. 5)  National Security and Foreign Affairs  (353-365)                 

                  Missouri v. Holland  (400)

                  Curtiss-Wright Corp. v. United States  (404)

                  Korematsu v. United States  (407)                  

                  Dames & Moore v. Regan  (439)

19.   (Nov. 7)  Separated Power: Presidential Domestic Authority  (365-378)

                  Humphrey’s Executor v. United States  (402)

                  Youngstown Sheet & Tube Corp. v. Sawyer  (411)

                  United States v. Nixon  (434)

                  Clinton v. Jones  (464)

                  Clinton v. City of New York (468)

20.  (Nov. 12)  Separated Power: Congress  (378-386)                 

                  Watkins v. United States  (418)

                  Powell v. McCormick  (432)

21.  (Nov. 14)  Separated Power: Congress

                  Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Chadha  (441)

                  Bowshar v. Synar  (447)

                  Morrison v. Olson  (452)

                  U.S. Term Limits v. Thornton  (458)

 22.  (Nov. 19) Separated Power: The Supreme Court (386-397)

                  Baker v. Carr  (424)  

                  Flast v. Cohen  (429)

                  Bush v. Gore  (472)

23.  (Nov. 21) The Federal System: National Power and State Sovereignty  (479-480, 482-493)

                  Pennsylvania v. Nelson  (504)

                  Michigan v. Long  (512)

                  Garcia v. San Antonio v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority  (515)

                  South Dakota v. Dole  (523)

                  New York v. United States  (525)

24.  (Nov. 26)  The Federal System: National Power and State Sovereignty                   

                  Printz v. United States  (537)

                  Alden v. Maine  (542)

                  Kimil v. Florida Board of Regents  (548)

                  Reno v. Condon  (553)

 25.  (Dec. 3)  The Federal System: National Power and Private Activity  (481-482)

                  Heart of Atlanta Motel v. Katzenbach  (506)

                  United States v. Lopez  (531)

                  United States v. Morrison  (556)              

26.   (Dec. 5)  The Federal System: State Regulation of Commerce; Interstate Relations  (493-499)

                 Southern Pacific Co. v. Arizona  (500)

                  Philadelphia v. New Jersey  (509)

                  Maine v. Taylor  (520)

 27.  (Dec. 10)  Economic Due Process and the Contracts Clause Revisited  (559-562)

                  Williamson v. Lee Optical Co.  (566)

                  Ferguson v. Skrupa  (567)

                  United States Trust v. New Jersey  (568)

28.   (Dec. 11)  Eminent Domain and the Takings Clause  (562-565)

                  Penn Central Transportation Co. v. City of New York  (571)

                  Hawaii Housing Authority v. Midkiff  (575)

                  Lucas v. South Carolina Coastal Council  (577)