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Test Bank for Constitutional Law for a Changing America A Short Course 7th Edition Epstein
Downloadable Instructor Test Bank for Constitutional Law for a Changing America A Short Course 7th Edition By Lee Epstein, Thomas G. Walker, ISBN: 9781506348735, ISBN: 9781544350523
Table Of Content
An Introduction to the U.S. Constitution
The Amendment Process
The Supreme Court and the Living Constitution
Processing Supreme Court Cases
Supreme Court Decision Making: Legalism
Supreme Court Decision Making: Realism
Conducting Research on the Supreme Court
Structuring the Federal System
Establishment of the Federal Judiciary
Judicial Review
Constraints on Judicial Power
Constraints on Judicial Power and the Separation of Powers System
Article I: Historical Overview
Members of Congress: Qualifications, Immunity, and Discipline
The Sources and Scope of Legislative Powers
Congress and the Separation of Powers
Selection and Formal Powers
The Domestic Powers of the President
The President and Foreign Affairs
Allocating Government Power
Federal Power, State Sovereignty, and the Tenth Amendment
The Taney Court and the (Re)Emergence of States’ Rights
The Post–Civil War Era and the Return of Dual Federalism
The (Re)Emergence of National Supremacy: Cooperative Federalism
Return of (a Milder Form of) Dual Federalism
The Eleventh Amendment
Foundations of the Commerce Power
Attempts to Define the Commerce Power in the Wake of the Industrial Revolution
The Supreme Court and the New Deal
The Era of Expansive Commerce Clause Jurisprudence
Limits on the Commerce Power: The Republican Court Era
The Constitutional Power to Tax and Spend
Direct Taxes and the Power to Tax Income
Intergovernmental Tax Immunity
Taxation as a Regulatory Power
Taxing and Spending for the General Welfare
Economic Liberties and Individual Rights
The Framers and the Contract Clause
John Marshall and the Contract Clause
The Decline of the Contract Clause
Modern Applications of the Contract Clause
The Development of Substantive Due Process
The Roller-Coaster Ride of Substantive Due Process: 1898–1923
The Heyday of Substantive Due Process: 1923–1936
The Depression, the New Deal, and the Decline of Economic Substantive Due Process
Substantive Due Process: Contemporary Relevance
Protecting Private Property from Government Seizure
What Constitutes a Taking?
Public Use Requirement
Approaching Civil Liberties
Free Exercise of Religion
Religious Establishment
The Development of Legal Standards: The Emergence of Law in Times of Crisis
Contemporary Tests and Constitutional Guidelines
Content and Contexts
Prior Restraint
News Gathering and Special Rights
The Boundaries of Free Press: Libel, Obscenity, and Emerging Areas of Government Concern
Regulating the Internet
Initial Interpretations
The Second Amendment Revisited
The Right to Privacy: Foundations
Reproductive Freedom and the Right to Privacy: Abortion
Private Activities and the Application of Griswold
The Criminal Justice System and Constitutional Rights
Searches and Seizures
The Fifth Amendment and Self-Incrimination
The Right to Counsel
Fair Trials
Trial Proceedings
Sentencing and the Eighth Amendment
Posttrial Stages
Civil Rights and the Constitution
Race Discrimination and the Foundations of Equal Protection
Modern-Day Treatment of Equal Protection Claims
Strict Scrutiny and Claims of Race Discrimination
Heightened Scrutiny and Claims of Gender Discrimination
Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation
Discrimination Based on Economic Status
Voting Rights
Contemporary Restrictions on the Right to Vote
Election Campaign Regulation
Political Representation
The 2000 Presidential Election
