Constitutional law : cases and materials / Jonathan D. Varat, Vikram D. Amar

2018 Supplement to: Constitutional law cases and materials

The Constitution and the courts : the judicial function in Constitutional cases -- Judicial review -- The jurisdiction of federal courts in constitutional -- The scope of national power -- State sovereignty and federal regulation -- The scope of state power -- Separation of powers -- The Bill of Rights, the Civil War Amendments and their inter-relationship -- THe due process, contract, and just compendation clauses and the review of the reasonableness of legislation -- The equal proptection clause and the review of the reasonableness of legislation -- Defining the scope of "liberty" and "property" protected by the due process clause : the procedural due process cases -- Application of the Post-Civil War Amendments to private conduct : congressional power to enforce the Amendments -- Governmental control of the content of expression -- Restrictions on time, place, or manner of expression -- Protection of penumbral first Amendment rights -- Freedom of the press -- Religion and the Constitution -- Appendix: The United States Supreme Court.