The Constitution in Congress: Democrats and Whigs, 1829-1861The Constitution in Congress series has been called nothing less than a biography of the US Constitution for its in-depth examination of the role that the legislative and executive branches have played in the development of constitutional interpretation. This third volume in the series, the early installments of which dealt with the Federalist and Jeffersonian eras, continues this examination with the Jacksonian revolution of 1829 and subsequent efforts by Democrats to dismantle Henry Clay’s celebrated “American System” of nationalist economics. David P. Currie covers the political events of the period leading up to the start of the Civil War, showing how the slavery question, although seldom overtly discussed in the debates included in this volume, underlies the Southern insistence on strict interpretation of federal powers. Like its predecessors, The Constitution in Congress: Democrats and Whigs will be an invaluable reference for legal scholars and constitutional historians alike. |
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... Supreme Court: The First Hundred Years, 1789—1888 (Chicago, 1985) Henry Adams, ed, Writings of Albert Gallatin (3 vols) (Antiquarian Press, 1960) (first published in 1 879) George H. Haynes, The Senate of the United States: Its History ...
... Supreme Court: The First Hundred Years, 1789—1888 (Chicago, 1985) Henry Adams, ed, Writings of Albert Gallatin (3 vols) (Antiquarian Press, 1960) (first published in 1 879) George H. Haynes, The Senate of the United States: Its History ...
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... Supreme Court: The Second Century, 1888—1986 (Chicago, 1990) Joseph Story, Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States (3 vols) (Brown, Shattuck, 1833) St. George Tucker, ed, Blackstone's Commentaries: with Notes of Reference ...
... Supreme Court: The Second Century, 1888—1986 (Chicago, 1990) Joseph Story, Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States (3 vols) (Brown, Shattuck, 1833) St. George Tucker, ed, Blackstone's Commentaries: with Notes of Reference ...
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... supreme appellate tribunal,” it might be desirable to divide the Circuit Judges into two classes and to provide “that the Supreme Court should be held by these classes alternately, the Chief Justice always presiding.”17 Jackson went on ...
... supreme appellate tribunal,” it might be desirable to divide the Circuit Judges into two classes and to provide “that the Supreme Court should be held by these classes alternately, the Chief Justice always presiding.”17 Jackson went on ...
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... Supreme Court: The Second Century, 1888—1986 222—26, 236—38 (Chicago, 1990) [hereafter cited as The Second Century]; United States v Lopez, 514 us 549 (1995). 29With regard to navigation irrrprovements Jackson had offered a standard of ...
... Supreme Court: The Second Century, 1888—1986 222—26, 236—38 (Chicago, 1990) [hereafter cited as The Second Century]; United States v Lopez, 514 us 549 (1995). 29With regard to navigation irrrprovements Jackson had offered a standard of ...
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... Supreme Court would later refer to as the “instrumentalities” of interstate or foreign commerce. See section I of chapter 5. For doubts as to the validity of Tyler's distinction between regulation and promotion see S Rep 340, 33d Cong ...
... Supreme Court would later refer to as the “instrumentalities” of interstate or foreign commerce. See section I of chapter 5. For doubts as to the validity of Tyler's distinction between regulation and promotion see S Rep 340, 33d Cong ...
Contents
The Kitchen Sink
| 121 |
Conclusion | 278 |
Dramatis Personae | 281 |
Appendix B Principal Officers 18291861 | 303 |
Appendix C The Constitution of the United States | 311 |
Index | 327 |
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