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Ch. 1 | Constitutional government | 3 |
Constitutional democracy : the rule of law | 3 | |
Framing the Constitution : elitist or democratic process? | 10 | |
Limitation of governmental power and of majority rule | 41 | |
Interpreting the Constitution | 45 | |
Ch. 2 | Federalism | 50 |
Constitutional background : national versus state power | 51 | |
Implied powers and the supremacy of national law | 74 | |
A perspective on federalism : present and future | 83 | |
State politics and constitutional government | 88 | |
National power over the states : a recurring constitutional debate | 95 | |
Ch. 3 | Civil liberties and civil rights | 105 |
Constitutional background | 105 | |
The nationalization of the Bill of Rights | 112 | |
The Fourteenth Amendment | 116 | |
Freedom of speech and press | 124 | |
Expanding the boundaries of permissible criticism of government and public officials | 130 | |
Equal protection of the laws : school desegregation | 136 | |
The judicial sources of major political controversies over civil liberties and rights | 145 | |
The establishment clause and the issue of school prayer | 146 | |
School vouchers and the establishment clause | 154 | |
The right to abortion | 156 | |
Affirmative action | 167 | |
Ch. 4 | Political parties and the electorate | 175 |
Constitutional background | 175 | |
Constitutional protection of parties | 183 | |
The party model of government | 185 | |
Political parties in divided government | 193 | |
Functions and types of elections | 201 | |
Party decline and electoral decay | 212 | |
Voting behavior : rational or irrational? | 218 | |
Political campaigns and the electorate | 226 | |
Political parties and campaign finance : constitutional issues regulating political campaigns | 230 | |
The Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 | 236 | |
A perspective on the act | 247 | |
Ch. 5 | Interest groups | 253 |
Constitutional background | 253 | |
The nature and functions of interest groups | 259 | |
How American government and politics enhance interest group power | 273 | |
Money, PACs, and elections | 277 | |
Ch. 6 | The presidency | 287 |
Constitutional background : single versus plural executive | 287 | |
The nature of the presidency : power, persuasion, and paradoxes | 290 | |
Presidential politics | 302 | |
Presidential character and style | 303 | |
Presidential leadership and political parties | 313 | |
Presidential elections | 327 | |
The constitutional presidency and emergency powers | 331 | |
Ex Parte Quirin (1942) as a precedent for military tribunals to try suspected terrorists | 338 | |
Ch. 7 | The bureaucracy | 350 |
Constitutional background | 350 | |
The political roots and consequences of bureaucracy | 355 | |
Ch. 8 | Congress | 364 |
Constitutional background : representation of popular, group, and national interests | 364 | |
Congress and the Washington political establishment : Congress emerges as a professional body shaped by reelection and internal power incentives | 372 | |
Committee chairmen as political entrepreneurs | 385 | |
Congress and the electoral connection | 397 | |
Ch. 9 | The judiciary | 426 |
Constitutional background : judicial independence and judicial review | 426 | |
Powers and limitations of the Supreme Court | 435 | |
A case study of judicial self-restraint : the Pledge of Allegiance case and the First Amendment's establishment clause | 442 | |
The use of the standing doctrine as procedural self-restraint : a case study | 442 | |
Judicial decision making | 447 | |
Interpreting the Constitution | 455 | |
The contemporary debate over constitutional interpretation | 456 | |
App. 1 | The Declaration of Independence | 466 |
App. 2 | The Constitution of the United States | 470 |
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