Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Introduction 1
5. PART ONE
6. I. 1790: Secretary Jefferson and the Foreign Affairs Power 9
7. II. 1791: The National Bank and the Point of Interpretation 21
8. III. 1793: The Supreme Court and the Metaphysics of Sovereignty 31
9. IV. 1794: Kamper v. Hawkins and the Role of the Judiciary 38
10. V. 1798 (1): Justice Paterson and the Missing Fundamental Principle 43
11. PART TWO
12. VI. 1798 (2): How to Think about the Sedition Act 53
13. VII. 1800: Marshall and the Role of the Political Branches 66
14. VIII. 1802: How Not to Think about the Judiciary Repeal Act 73
15. IX. 1804: Turpin v. Locket and the Place of Religion 85
16. X. 1806: Hudgins v. Wright and the Place of Slavery 100
17. XI. 1808–1809: A Forgotten Crossroads in Constitutional History 110
18. PART THREE
19. XII. 1817: President Madison Vetoes His Own Bill 129
20. XIII. 1818: The Congress Thinks about Internal Improvements 137
21. XIV. 1821: The Attorney General and the Rule of Law 146
22. XV. 1829:Writing State v. Mann 150
23. PART FOUR
24. XVI. 1859: The Supreme Court and the Metaphysics of Supremacy 159
25. XVII. 1862: Four Attorneys General and the Meaning of Citizenship 171
26. XVIII. 1873: Slaughterhouse Revisited 177
27. XIX. 1904: Clay May, the Railroad, and Justice Holmes 184
28. XX. 1927: Justice Brandeis and the Final End of the State 191
29. XXI. 1944: Constitutional Injustice 195
30. PART FIVE
31. XXII. 2002: Common Ground after Two Centuries 203
32. Conclusion 211
33. Notes 215
34. Index 241