Contents:
The Supreme Court's authority and role;
The nation and the states in the federal system;
The commerce power and its federalism-based limits;
Other national powers : taxing, spending, war, treaties, and foreign affairs;
Federal limits on state regulation of interstate commerce;
Separation of powers;
The Bill of Rights and the post-Civil War amendments : "fundamental" rights and the "incorporation" dispute;
Due process;
Equal protection;
The Reconstruction amendments : state action and congressional power to enforce civil rights;
Freedom of speech : why government restricts speech; unprotected and less protected expression;
Freedom of speech : how government restricts speech; modes of abridgment and standards of review;
Rights ancillary to freedom of speech;
The religion clauses : free exercise and establishment.