A Community Built on Words

Preface
Introduction
Part One
I. 1790: Secretary Jefferson and the Foreign Affairs Power
II. 1791: The National Bank and the Point of Interpretation
III. 1793: The Supreme Court and the Metaphysics of Sovereignty
IV. 1794: Kamper v. Hawkins and the Role of the Judiciary
V. 1798 (1): Justice Paterson and the Missing Fundamental Principle
Part Two
VI. 1798 (2): How to Think about the Sedition Act
VII. 1800: Marshall and the Role of the Political Branches
VIII. 1802: How Not to Think about the Judiciary Repeal Act
IX. 1804: Turpin v. Locket and the Place of Religion
X. 1806: Hudgins v. Wright and the Place of Slavery
XI. 1808-1809: A Forgotten Crossroads in Constitutional History
Part Three
XII. 1817: President Madison Vetoes His Own Bill
XIII. 1818: The Congress Thinks about Internal Improvements
XIV. 1821: The Attorney General and the Rule of Law
XV. 1829: Writing State v. Mann
Part Four
XVI. 1859: The Supreme Court and the Metaphysics of Supremacy
XVII. 1862: Four Attorneys General and the Meaning of Citizenship
XVIII. 1873: Slaughterhouse Revisited
XIX. 1904: Clay May, the Railroad, and Justice Holmes
XX. 1927: Justice Brandeis and the Final End of the State
XXI. 1944: Constitutional Injustice
Part Five
XXII. 2001: Common Ground after Two Centuries
Conclusion
Notes
Index