American Constitutional Law

Alpheus Thomas Mason (late) was McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence Emeritus at Princeton University. Donald Grier Stephenson, Jr. is Charles A. Dana Professor of Government at Franklin & Marshall College.

Preface


Introduction: A Political Supreme Court


1. Jurisdiction and Organization of the Federal Courts


2. The Constitution, the Supreme Court, and Judicial Review


3. Congress and the President


4. Federalism


5. The Electoral Process


6. The Commerce Clause


7. National Taxing and Spending Power


8. Property Rights and the Development of Due Process


9. The Bill of Rights


10. Criminal Justice


11. Freedom of Expression


12. Religious Liberty


13. Privacy


14. Equal Protection of the Laws


15. Security and Freedom in Wartime


Appendix A: The Constitution of the United States Of America


Appendix B: Justices of the Supreme Court


Appendix C: Presidents and Justices


Appendix D: American Constitutional Development as Reflected in a Chronology of Cases Reprinted in This Book


Glossary


Index of Cases


Index of Subjects and Names