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| Foundation, Interpretation, and Amendments of The Constitution | |
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| Timeline: Interpretation and Amendment of the Constitution | |
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| Introduction: The English Background of the U.S. Legal System | |
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| The Declaration of Independence | |
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| The Articles of Confederation | |
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| The New Constitution | |
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| The Organization and Operation of the Federal Judicial System | |
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| The Appointment, Confirmation, and Tenure of Judges and Justices | |
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| The Federalist Explains the Judicial Branch | |
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| The Jurisdiction and Power of Federal Courts | |
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| Between Judicial Activism and Judicial Restraint: Methods of Constitutional Interpretation | |
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| The Development of Judicial Review of National Legislation | |
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| Legislative Control of Judicial Jurisdiction | |
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| Judicial Review of State Legislation and Actions | |
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| Advisory Opinions | |
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| Taxpayer Suits | |
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| Deference, Justiciability, and Standing | |
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| The Political Questions Doctrine | |
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| The Extent of Judicial Remedies | |
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| A Special Note on Briefing Cases and Preparing for Classes | |
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| Judiciary Act of 1789 | |
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| Federalist 78 | |
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| Marbury v. Madison (1803) | |
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| Eakin v. Raub (1825) | |
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| Cohens v. Virginia (1821) | |
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| Cooper v. Aaron (1958) | |
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| Muskrat v. United States (1911) | |
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| Frothingham v. Mellon (1923) | |
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| Flast v. Cohen (1968) | |
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| Chevron v. National Resources Defense Council (1984) | |
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| Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife (1992) | |
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| Luther v. Borden (1849) | |
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| Coleman v. Miller (1939) | |
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| Baker v. Carr (1962) | |
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| Powell v. McCormack (1969) | |
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| Ex Parte McCardle (1869) | |
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| Missouri v. Jenkins (1995) | |
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| Nature Of The Federal Union | |
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| Timeline: Federalism | |
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| Distribution of Federal Power | |
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| The Necessary and Proper Clause | |
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| The Scope of the Treaty Power | |
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| Federal Supersession | |
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| Selection from Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions (1898) | |
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| McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) | |
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| Andrew Jackson's Veto of the Bank Bill | |
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| Missouri v. Holland (1920) | |
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| Pennsylvania v. Nelson (1956) | |
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| Pacific Gas & Electric v. State Energy Resources (1983) | |
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| Federalism | |
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| Qualifications Clause | |
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| Eleventh Amendment | |
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| Judicial Intervention | |
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| Sexual Preferences as an Issue of Federalism | |
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| Racial Discrimination and Federalism | |
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| National League of Cities v. Usery (1976) | |
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| Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority (1985) | |
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| U.S. Term Limits v. Thornton (1995) | |
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| Seminole Tribe of Florida v. Florida (1996) | |
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| Board of Trustees of University of Alabama v. Garrett (2001) | |
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| Kimel v. Florida Board of Regents (2000) | |
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| Tennessee v. Lane (2004) | |
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| Michigan v. Long (1983) | |
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| Texas Railroad Commission v. Pullman (1941) | |
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| City of Boerne v. Flores (1997) | |
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| Bowers v. Hardwick (1986) | |
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| Powell v. Georgia (1998) | |
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| Lawrence v. Texas (2003) | |
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| Goodridge v. Commonwealth of Massachusetts (2003) | |
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| Defense of Marriage Act (1996) | |
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| Legislative Powers Over Commerce, Taxing, and Spending | |
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| Timeline: Legislative Powers | |
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| Increased Powers Under the Current Constitution | |
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| Federal Commerce Powers | |
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| The Development of Two Rival Lines of Precedent | |
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| The New Deal | |
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| Modern Applications of the Commerce Clause | |
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| Taxation and Spending Powers | |
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| Other Congressional Powers | |
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| Gibbons v. Ogden (1824) | |
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| Champion v. Ames (1903) | |
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| Hammer v. Dagenhart (1918) | |
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| United States v. Schechter Poultry Corporation (1935) | |
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| NLRB v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation (1937) | |
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| United States v. Darby (1937) | |
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| Wickard v. Filburn (1942) | |
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| Heart of Atlanta v. United States (1964) | |
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| New York v. United States (1992) | |
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| United States v. Lopez (1995) | |
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| United States v. Morrison (2000) | |
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| Granholm v. Heald (2005) | |
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| Gonzales v. Raich (2005) | |
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| Bailey v. Drexel Furniture (1922) | |
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| United States v .Butler (1936) | |
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| Steward Machine v. Davis (1937) | |
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| South Dakota v. Dole (1987) | |
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| Congress and The President | |
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| Timeline: Congress and the President | |
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| Separation of Powers | |
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| Delegation of Legislative Power | |
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| Schechter Poultry v. United States (1935) | |
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| Immigration and Naturalization Services v. Chadha (1983) | |
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| Mistretta v. United States (1989) | |
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| Appointment and Removal Powers | |
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| Bowsher v. Synar (1986) | |
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| Morrison v. Olson (1988) | |
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| Presidential Signing Statements | |
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| Congressional Investigatory Power | |
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| McGrain v. Daugherty (1927) | |
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| Watkins v. United States (1957) | |
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| Barenblatt v. United States (1959) | |
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| Gravel v. United States (1972) | |
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| Executive Privilege | |
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| United States v. Nixon (1974) | |
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| Clinton v. Jones (1997) | |
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| In re Grand Jury Subpoena Duces Tecum (1997) | |
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| Veto Power | |
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| Clinton v. City of New York (1998) | |
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| Budgetary and Spending Authority | |
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| Presidential Pardoning Power | |
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| Ex parte Garland (1866) | |
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| Murphy v. Ford (1975) | |
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| Property Rights and Substantive Due Process | |
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| Timeline: Property Rights and Substantive Due Process | |
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| Ex Post Facto Laws | |
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| The Clause Protecting the Obligation of Contract | |
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| Calder v. Bull (1798) | |
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| Dartmouth College v. Woodward (1819) | |
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| Charles River Bridge Company v. Warren Bridge Company (1837) | |
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| Home Building & Loan Association v. Blaisdell (1934) | |
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| U.S. Trust Company v. New Jersey (1977) | |
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| Allied v. Spannaus (1978) | |
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| The Rise of Substantive Due Process | |
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| The New Deal and the End of Lochner Era | |
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| Corfield v. Coryell (1823) | |
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| Slaughterhouse Cases (1973) | |
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| Munn v. Illinois (1877) | |
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| Mugler v. Kansas (1887) | |
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| Allgeyer v. State of Louisiana (1897) | |
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| Lochner v. New York (1905) | |
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| Brandeis Brief | |
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| Muller v. Oregon (1908) | |
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| Adkins v. Children Hospital (1923) | |
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| Nebbia v. New York (1934) | |
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| West Coast Hotel Company v. Parrish (1937) | |
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| United States v. Carolene Products (1938) | |
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| Ferguson v. Skrupa (1963) | |
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| Lingle v. Chevron U.S.A. Inc., (2005) | |
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| BMW of North America, Inc. v. Gore (1996) | |
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| Property Rights and Eminent Domain | |
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| Timeline: Property Rights and Eminent Domain | |
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| Just Compensation | |
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| Barron v. Baltimore (1833) | |
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| Chicago, B. & Q. R. Company v. City of Chicago (1897) | |
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| What Constitutes a Taking? | |
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| Pennsylvania v. Mahon (1922) | |
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| Euclid v. Ambler Realty Company (1926) | |
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| Penn Central v. New York (1978) | |
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| Loretto v. Teleprompter Manhattan CATV Corporation (1982) | |
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| First English Evangelical Lutheran Church of Glendale v. County of Los Angeles (1987) | |
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| Nollan v. California Coastal Commission (1987) | |
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| Lucas v. South Carolina Coastal Council (1992) | |
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| Dolan v. City of Tigard (1994) | |
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| What is a Valid Public Use? | |
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| Berman v. Parker (1954) | |
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| Hawaii Housing Authority v. Midkiff (1984) | |
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| County of Wayne v. Hathcock (2004) | |
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| Kelo v. City of New London (2005) | |
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| State Authority In A Federal System | |
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| Timeline: The States and Commerce Power | |
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| Drawing the Lines between State and Federal Commerce Power | |
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| Mayor, Aldermen, and Commonalty of City of New York v. Miln (1837) | |
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| Brown v. Maryland (1827) | |
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| Cooley v. Board of Wardens (1851) | |
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| Coe v. Errol (1886) | |
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| South Carolina State Highway Department v. Barnwell Brothers, Inc. (1938) | |
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| Southern Pacific v. Arizona (1945) | |
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| Dean Milk Company v. City of Madison (1951) | |
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| Hood v. Dumond (1948) | |
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| Edwards v. California (1941) | |
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| Philadelphia v. New Jersey (1978) | |
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| Reeves v. Stake (1980) | |
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| Baldwin v. Fish & Game Commission of Montana (1978) | |
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| California v. Cabazon Band of Mission Indians (1987) | |
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| Granholm v. Heald (2005) | |
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| Pennsylvania v. Nelson (1956) | |
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| State Taxation | |
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| Henneford v. Silas Mason Company., Inc. (1937) | |
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| Complete Auto Transit v. Brady (1977) | |
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| Quill v. North Dakota (1993) | |
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| Federal Powers In Foreign Affairs | |
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| Timeline: Foreign Affairs and the Constitution | |
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| Indian Affairs | |
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| Cherokee Nation v. Georgia (1831) | |
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| Worcester v. Georgia (1832) | |
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| Presidential Power | |
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| The Legal Effect of Executive Agreements | |
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| The Prize Cases (1863) | |
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| Ex Parte Milligan (1866) | |
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| United States v. Curtiss-Wright Export Corporation (1936) | |
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| Selective Draft Law Cases (Arver v. United States) (1918) | |
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| Youngstown Sheet and Tube v. Sawyer (1952) | |
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| Perpich v. Department of Defense (1990) | |
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| Missouri v. Holland (1920) | |
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| Medell�n v. Texas (2008) | |
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| United States v. Belmont (1937) | |
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| The Scope of the Treaty Power | |
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| Missouri v. Holland (1920) | |
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| Goldwater v. Carter (1969) | |
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| The President as Commander-in-Chief | |
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| The Prize Cases (1863) | |
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| Korematsu v. United States (1944) | |
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| Ex parte Endo (1944) | |
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| Dames & Moore v. Regan (1981) | |
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| Gulf of Tonkin Resolution | |
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| Mitchell v. United States (1967) | |
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| Mora v. McNamara (1967) | |
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| Presidential Power in a Post 9/11 World | |
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| Authorization to Use Military Force | |
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| Hamdi v. Rumsfeld (2004) | |
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| Hamdan v. Rumsfeld (2005) | |
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| Boumediene v. Bush (2008) | |
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| The Citizen and The Political Process | |
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| Timeline: Citizens and the American Election Process | |
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| The Right to Vote | |
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| Minor v. Happersett (1875) | |
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| United States v. Classic (1941) | |
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| Smith v. Allwright (1944) | |
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| Harper v. Virginia Board of Elections (1966) | |
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| Skafte v. Rorex (1976) | |
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| Lassiter v. Northampton County Board of Elections (1959) | |
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| Richardson v. Ramirez (1974) | |
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| Oregon v. Mitchell (1970) | |
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| Burdick v. Takushi (1992) | |
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| Crawford v. Marion County Election Board (2008) | |
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| Reapportionment and Redistricting | |
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| Colegrove v. Green (1946) | |
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| Gomillion v. Lightfoot (1960) | |
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| Baker v. Carr (1962) | |
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| Reynolds v. Sims (1964) | |
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| Shaw v. Reno (1993) | |
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| League of United Latin American Citizens v. Perry (2006) | |
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| Political Parties and Ballot Access | |
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| Smith v. Allwright (1944) | |
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| California Democratic Party v. Jones (2000) | |
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| Washington State Grange v. Washington State Republican Party (2008) | |
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| Bullock v. Carter (1972) | |
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| Anderson v. Celebrezze (1983) | |
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| Munro v. Socialist Workers Party (1986) | |
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| Campaign Finance and Regulation | |
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| Buckley v. Valeo (1976) | |
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| Nixon v. Shrink Missouri Government PAC (2000) | |
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| McIntyre v. Ohio (1995) | |
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| McConnell v. FEC (2003) | |
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| Randall v. Sorrell (2006) | |
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| Political Patronage and Election Day Regulations | |
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| Rutan v. Republican Party of Illinois (1990) | |
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| Burson v. Freeman (1992) | |
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| Bush v. Gore (2000) | |