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Constitutional Stupidities, Constitutional Tragedies
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© 2020 New York University Press, New York, USA

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents v
  3. Acknowledgments ix
  4. Introduction. Constitutional Conversations 1
  5. PART I. Constitutional Stupidities
  6. CHAPTER 1. A Constitutional Accident Waiting to Happen 15
  7. CHAPTER 2. Parlor Games 18
  8. CHAPTER 3. An Agenda for Constitutional Reform 22
  9. CHAPTER 4. "Clause and Effect7' 28
  10. CHAPTER 5. The One Senator, One Vote Clauses 35
  11. CHAPTER 6. Our (Almost) Perfect Constitution 40
  12. CHAPTER 7. Unnecessary and Unintelligible 43
  13. CHAPTER 8. The Nominee Is . . . Article V 51
  14. CHAPTER 9. A Natural Aristocracy? 54
  15. CHAPTER 10. "Neither Force nor Will" 57
  16. CHAPTER 11. Presidential Elections and Constitutional Stupidities 61
  17. CHAPTER 12. The Presidential Age Requirement and Public Policy Agenda Setting 67
  18. CHAPTER 13. The Last Centrifugal Force 71
  19. CHAPTER 14. Someone Should Have Told Spiro Agnew 75
  20. CHAPTER 15. Old People and Good Behavior 77
  21. CHAPTER 16. Divided Suffrage 81
  22. CHAPTER 17. The Constitution of Fear 84
  23. CHAPTER 18. Criminal Procedure as the Servant of Politics 90
  24. CHAPTER 19. Our Unconstitutional Senate 95
  25. CHAPTER 20. How to Violate the Constitution without Really Trying 98
  26. CHAPTER 21. The Whole Thing 103
  27. CHAPTER 22. How Stupid Can a Coasean Constitution Be? 107
  28. PART II. Constitutional Tragedies
  29. CHAPTER 23. Constitutional Tragedies and Giving Refuge to the Devil 115
  30. CHAPTER 24. The Meaning of Constitutional Tragedy 121
  31. CHAPTER 25. The Tragic Case of Capital Punishment 129
  32. CHAPTER 26. Constitutional Tragedies: The Dark Side of Judgment 139
  33. CHAPTER 27. Good Constitutions and Bad Choices 147
  34. CHAPTER 28. Jocasta Undone 152
  35. CHAPTER 29. Constitutional Tragedy in Dying: Or Whose Tragedy Is It, Anyway? 162
  36. CHAPTER 30. Dramatic Jurisprudence 172
  37. CHAPTER 31. Constitutional Farce 180
  38. CHAPTER 32. Constitutional Merry-Go-Round 189
  39. CHAPTER 33. Glamis, Yes; Cawdor, Yes— but King of Scotland? 203
  40. CHAPTER 34. Brown v. Board of Education 207
  41. CHAPTER 35. Tragedy and Constitutional Interpretation 217
  42. CHAPTER 36. The Meaning of Blacks7 Fidelity to the Constitution 226
  43. CHAPTER 37. Tragedies under the Common Law Constitution 235
  44. CHAPTER 38. McCulloch v. Maryland 241
  45. CHAPTER 39. Antigone and Creon 248
  46. APPENDIX. The Constitution of the United States 257
  47. About the Contributors 279
  48. Index 285
https://doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9780814722862.003.0044

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents v
  3. Acknowledgments ix
  4. Introduction. Constitutional Conversations 1
  5. PART I. Constitutional Stupidities
  6. CHAPTER 1. A Constitutional Accident Waiting to Happen 15
  7. CHAPTER 2. Parlor Games 18
  8. CHAPTER 3. An Agenda for Constitutional Reform 22
  9. CHAPTER 4. "Clause and Effect7' 28
  10. CHAPTER 5. The One Senator, One Vote Clauses 35
  11. CHAPTER 6. Our (Almost) Perfect Constitution 40
  12. CHAPTER 7. Unnecessary and Unintelligible 43
  13. CHAPTER 8. The Nominee Is . . . Article V 51
  14. CHAPTER 9. A Natural Aristocracy? 54
  15. CHAPTER 10. "Neither Force nor Will" 57
  16. CHAPTER 11. Presidential Elections and Constitutional Stupidities 61
  17. CHAPTER 12. The Presidential Age Requirement and Public Policy Agenda Setting 67
  18. CHAPTER 13. The Last Centrifugal Force 71
  19. CHAPTER 14. Someone Should Have Told Spiro Agnew 75
  20. CHAPTER 15. Old People and Good Behavior 77
  21. CHAPTER 16. Divided Suffrage 81
  22. CHAPTER 17. The Constitution of Fear 84
  23. CHAPTER 18. Criminal Procedure as the Servant of Politics 90
  24. CHAPTER 19. Our Unconstitutional Senate 95
  25. CHAPTER 20. How to Violate the Constitution without Really Trying 98
  26. CHAPTER 21. The Whole Thing 103
  27. CHAPTER 22. How Stupid Can a Coasean Constitution Be? 107
  28. PART II. Constitutional Tragedies
  29. CHAPTER 23. Constitutional Tragedies and Giving Refuge to the Devil 115
  30. CHAPTER 24. The Meaning of Constitutional Tragedy 121
  31. CHAPTER 25. The Tragic Case of Capital Punishment 129
  32. CHAPTER 26. Constitutional Tragedies: The Dark Side of Judgment 139
  33. CHAPTER 27. Good Constitutions and Bad Choices 147
  34. CHAPTER 28. Jocasta Undone 152
  35. CHAPTER 29. Constitutional Tragedy in Dying: Or Whose Tragedy Is It, Anyway? 162
  36. CHAPTER 30. Dramatic Jurisprudence 172
  37. CHAPTER 31. Constitutional Farce 180
  38. CHAPTER 32. Constitutional Merry-Go-Round 189
  39. CHAPTER 33. Glamis, Yes; Cawdor, Yes— but King of Scotland? 203
  40. CHAPTER 34. Brown v. Board of Education 207
  41. CHAPTER 35. Tragedy and Constitutional Interpretation 217
  42. CHAPTER 36. The Meaning of Blacks7 Fidelity to the Constitution 226
  43. CHAPTER 37. Tragedies under the Common Law Constitution 235
  44. CHAPTER 38. McCulloch v. Maryland 241
  45. CHAPTER 39. Antigone and Creon 248
  46. APPENDIX. The Constitution of the United States 257
  47. About the Contributors 279
  48. Index 285
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