Preface
Note on Citations
1. Early Claims of Judicial Finality
-Debating Judicial Review
-Who Has the Final Word?
-Influence of John Marshall
-William Marbury's Lawsuit
-Additional Lessons
-Reflections on Marbury
-Continuing Debate
2. Selections by Chief Justice Hughes
-Dred Scott’s Case
-Reactions to Dred Scott
-Legal Tender Cases
-Income Tax Cases
3. Rights of Blacks
-Opposition to Slavery
-The Civil War
-Congressional Safeguards, Judicial Opposition
-Access to Public Facilities
-“Separate but Equal” Doctrine
-Brown v. Board
-The Civil Rights Act of 1964
-Judicial Resort to Busing
-A Continuing Dialogue
4. Rights of Women
-Doctrine of Coverture
-Myra Bradwell’s Initiatives
-Belva Lockwood Goes to Congress
-Judicial Rulings from 1875 to 1971
-Equal Rights Amendment
-Equal Pay for Women
-Equal Pay for Women
-Lilly Ledbetter Seeks Justice
-Additional Disputes
5. Regulating Commerce
-Wheeling Bridge Cases
-Controls on Intoxicating Liquors
-Liberty of Contract
-Congress and Child Labor
-Court-Packing Plan
-Child Labor Returns
6. The Sole-Organ Doctrine
-Problems with Dicta
-The Issue inCurtiss-Wright
-Treaty Negotiation
-Marshall’s Sole-Organ Speech
-Jerusalem Passport Case
-The Supreme Court's Opinion
-Creating a New Presidential Model
7. Privacy Rights
-Mandatory Sterilization
-Defining Obscenity
-Use of Contraceptives
-Abortion Rights
-Reexamining Roe
8. Religious Liberty
-Protecting Minority Rights
-Forming Constitutional Principles
-Military Chaplains
-Quakers and Military Service
-Compulsory Flag Salutes
-The Yarmulke Case
9. Japanese-American Cases
-Roosevelt’s Executive Order
-Detention Camps
-Evaluating the Court
-Fraud Against the Court
-Analysis by Peter Irons
-Acknowledging Judicial Error
10. State Secrets Privilege
-Aaron Burr’s Trial
-Civil War Precedent
-Three Widows in Court
-At the Appellate Level
-The Supreme Court Decides
-Fraud Against the Court
-Contemporary Issues
11. Legislative Vetoes
-Origins of the Legislative Veto
-Presidential Reorganization Authority
-“Come into Agreement” Provisions
-Challenges by President Carter
-INS v. Chadha
-Legislative Vetoes After Chadha
-Presidential Signing Statements
-Some Lessons
23. Campaign Finance
-Sources of Judicial Error
-Congressional Legislation
-Continued Errors about Santa Clara
-Buckley v. Valeo
-Judicial Attacks on Buckley
-Citizens United
-Responses to Citizens United
Conclusions
About the Author
Index of Cases
Index of Subjects