Liberty and Union

Edgar McManus, Tara Helfman

First Published in 2012. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

I. English and Colonial OriginsII. Independence and NationhoodIII. A More Perfect UnionIV. Launching the New GovernmentV. Jeffersonian RepublicanismVI. John Marshall and Judicial NationalismVII. Majority Rule and Sectional RightsVIII. More Power to the StatesIX. Slavery and the ConstitutionX. The Crisis of the UnionXI. Reconstructing the NationXII. Promises BetrayedXIII. Property Rights and Judicial ActivismXIV. Progressivism and the New NationalismXV. World War I and the ConstitutionXVI. Normalcy and ReactionXVII. The New Deal RevolutionXVIII. The New ConstitutionalismXIX. World War II and the ConstitutionXX. The Era of the Cold WarXXI. Earl Warren Takes the HelmXXII. A Decade of Change and ProgressXXIII. The New Judicial ActivismXXIV. Nationalizing Criminal Due ProcessXXV. An Era of Discord and CrisisXXVI. Progress on First Amendment RightsXXVII. Civil Rights and Affirmative ActionXXVIII. Protecting Individual LibertyXXIX. Criminal Due Process after WarrenXXX. Civilizing the Death PenaltyXXXI. Politics and the ConstitutionXXXII. The New MillenniumXXXIII.The Roberts CourtRecommended Reading AppendicesTable of Cases