Constitution: Index

Reconstruction Amendments, 2:1:2, 2:1:5, 2:3:14, 2:3:17, 2:3:18, 2:4:23. See also Thirteenth Amendment, U.S. Constitution; Fourteenth Amendment, U.S. Constitution; Fifteenth Amendment, U.S. Constitution

redistricting, 2:5:27. See also districting

religion

citizenship rules and, 1:1:5, 1:4:21

civil rights on, 2:1:4

exemptions and, 4:4:21

freedom of, 4:4:18, 4:4:19, 4:4:20

Religious Freedom Restoration Act (1993), 2:5:29, 4:4:20

Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (2000), 4:4:20

reparations for slavery, 2:4:22. See also slavery

representative apportionment, 2:4:20

representative government, 1:2:11, 1:3:15, 3:1:2, 3:2:13

reproductive rights, 4:2:9, 4:4:21. See also abortion

Republican Party

on Civil War outcome, 2:4:21

corruption in, 2:5:28

on judicial powers, 2:5:29

modern agenda of, 2:5:30

on national cohesion, 2:2:9, 2:2:11

popular elections and, 4:3:16

on Southern representation, 2:4:20

voting laws and, 4:1:3, 4:2:11

residual malapportionment, 4:1:7

restrictive covenants, 2:3:17

retirement, 3:5:33

revisionist view, 3:5:33

Revolutionary War, 1:2:7, 1:4:23

Reynolds v. Sims, 4:1:7

Rhode Island, 1:1:5, 1:2:7, 1:4:21, 1:4:24

right to be sued, 2:1:4, 2:2:11

right to declare war. See military power

right to jury trials, 4:4:19

right to representation, 2:1:3

Roberts, John, 2:5:29, 4:2:8, 4:2:9

Roe v. Wade, 3:1:6, 4:2:9

Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 3:2:12, 3:2:14, 3:5:33. See also New Deal

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1:5:30, 3:2:12, 3:3:16

rural-urban divide, 1:4:22, 1:4:25

Rutledge, John, 1:3:16, 1:3:17, 1:3:18

Sawyer, Charles, 3:3:15

Scalia, Antonin, 2:3:16, 4:4:19

Scott, Dred, 2:2:8. See also Dred Scott v. Sandford

Scott, Walter, 2:3:13

selective exclusivity, 3:4:28, 3:5:32

self-government, 1:4:22. See also popular sovereignty; state sovereignty

separation of powers

creation of, 2:4:19

Declaration of Independence and, 1:1:4

defined, 3:1:5

executive powers and, 3:2:14

Hamilton on, 1:4:25

Jefferson on, 3:1:6

Madison Plan on, 1:2:8

Montesquieu on, 1:1:5

nation-states on, 1:1:5

U.S. v. Curtiss-Wright Export Corp. and, 3:3:16

See also executive powers; judicial powers; legislative powers

shared federalism, 3:4:25, 3:5:33. See also American federalism

Shelby County v. Holder, 2:5:29, 4:2:8, 4:2:9, 4:2:11

Shelley v. Kraemer, 2:3:17

Sherbert v. Verner, 2:5:29, 4:4:18, 4:4:19

Sherman, Roger, 1:3:18

Sherman Antitrust Act (1890), 3:4:30, 3:5:32

Silver, Nate, 4:3:12

Slaughter-House Cases, 2:3:15, 2:3:18

slave power, 2:1:5, 2:1:6, 2:2:12, 2:4:21

slave revolts, 2:1:6

slavery

abolition of, 2:2:9, 2:2:11, 2:2:12, 4:1:1

Constitutional Convention on, 1:3:16, 1:3:18

constitutional interpretations on, 2:2:8, 2:3:15

Electoral College and, 4:3:17

in Haiti, 2:1:6

hierarchical culture and, 2:1:3

legislation on, 2:1:5, 2:1:6, 2:1:7, 2:2:9

Madison and, 2:4:25

presidential candidates and, 2:1:5

reparations for, 2:4:22

state determinations on, 2:2:8, 2:2:9

Twain on, 2:3:13

See also Thirteenth Amendment, U.S. Constitution; African American citizens; cotton industry

Smith v. Oregon Employment Division, 4:4:19, 4:4:20

Society of the Cincinnati, 2:1:3

Sole Organ Theory, 3:3:16

souls to polls movement, 4:2:10

South Carolina, 1:3:18

State Action Doctrine, 3:5:34

state constitutions, 4:2:9, 4:2:10. See also U.S. Constitution

state elections, 4:1:7, 4:3:14. See also popular elections; state sovereignty

State of the Union address, 3:2:10, 3:2:13. See also presidents

state police powers, 1:5:30, 3:1:3, 3:4:23, 3:5:31, 3:5:32. See also military power

state sovereignty

under Articles of Confederation, 3:1:2, 3:1:3

Brearley Committee on, 1:3:18

citizenship rules and, 1:1:5

in Declaration of Independence, 1:1:4

governing authority in, 1:1:4

Lincoln on, 2:2:12

Madison on, 1:2:11

New Jersey Plan on, 1:2:9

Southern states on, 2:2:8

at the time of the creation of U.S. Constitution, 1:4:21

See also Constitutional Convention (1787); nation-states; popular sovereignty; self-government; state constitutions

state vs. federal judicial system, 1:4:22, 1:4:25, 1:4:26. See also judicial powers

Stewardship Theory, 3:2:12, 3:3:16

suffrage. See voting rights

suffragist movement, 2:4:20, 4:1:4

Sumner, Charles, 2:4:23

Supremacy Clause, 3:1:2, 3:1:3, 3:3:19, 3:4:23. See also popular sovereignty

Supreme Court of the United States

Fourteenth Amendment and, 2:3:16, 2:3:17

on implied powers, 3:3:15

nomination process of, 1:3:18

role in 1860s of, 2:2:12

tensions and limits to power of, 2:5:29

See also constitutional interpretations; judicial powers; names of specific cases and justices

Sutherland, George, 3:3:16

“switch in time that saved nine,” 3:5:33

Taft, William Howard, 2:1:2, 3:2:12

Taft-Hartley Act (1947), 3:3:15

Take Care Clause, 3:2:9, 3:2:11, 3:2:12

Tandon v. Newsom, 4:4:21

Taney, Roger, 2:1:2, 2:2:8, 2:2:12, 2:3:15

taxation

Articles of Confederation on, 1:2:12

income tax amendment, 2:5:26

national bank and, 3:4:26

Pinckney on, 1:3:16

Sixteenth Amendment on, 3:5:31

voting rights and, 4:1:2

television media, 1:5:30

Tenure of Office Act (1820), 2:1:2

termination, 2:1:2. See also impeachment

Terry, David, 3:2:11

Texas, 2:5:30, 4:1:5, 4:2:11

Thomas, Clarence, 2:3:16

Three-Fifths Clause, 2:1:5, 2:1:6, 2:1:7, 2:2:12, 2:4:20, 4:1:2

three-household ban, 4:4:21

Tocqueville, Alexis de, 2:3:13

trade economies, 1:4:25, 2:1:2, 2:1:5, 3:3:16. See also commerce and trade

transportation

of goods, 3:4:27, 3:4:28, 3:5:34

railroads, 2:2:11, 2:5:28, 3:4:29

treason, 1:3:17, 1:3:18

treaties, 1:3:18, 2:1:2, 2:3:15, 3:1:3, 3:3:19

Truman, Harry, 3:3:15, 3:3:18

Trump, Donald, 3:2:10, 3:2:13, 4:3:16

Twain, Mark, 2:3:13

tyranny, 1:1:2

uncertainty, 2:1:1. See also fear

unemployment, 3:5:32

unemployment insurance benefits case, 2:5:29, 4:4:18

uniformity, 3:4:29

unitary nature of the executive theory, 1:5:28

unitary system, 3:4:22

United States Steelworkers of America, 3:3:15

urban-rural divide, 1:4:22, 1:4:25

U.S. Congress

Article II on, 3:2:9

authorization of, 2:5:29

consistency of, 1:5:30

executive agreements and, 3:3:20

on executive powers, 1:5:27, 1:5:28

Fourteenth Amendment and, 2:4:20

Free Exercise Clause and, 4:4:20

national bank and, 3:4:26

president’s relationship with, 1:5:30, 3:2:13

state representation in, 1:3:18

Thirteenth Amendment and, 2:2:11, 2:2:12

war power of, 3:3:21

U.S. Constitution

First Amendment, 2:5:29, 4:4:18

Fifth Amendment, 2:1:5, 2:2:9, 3:5:32, 4:4:18

Ninth Amendment, 2:3:16, 3:1:4

Tenth Amendment, 1:4:26, 1:5:30, 2:5:27, 3:1:3, 3:4:23, 3:5:32

Twelfth Amendment, 2:1:5, 4:3:12

Thirteenth Amendment, 2:1:5, 2:1:7, 2:2:8, 2:2:9, 2:2:10, 2:2:11, 2:2:12, 2:3:17

Fourteenth Amendment (See Fourteenth Amendment, U.S. Constitution)

Fifteenth Amendment, 2:1:5, 2:1:7, 2:2:12, 2:4:24, 4:1:2

Sixteenth Amendment, 3:5:31

Seventeenth Amendment, 3:1:2, 3:5:31

Nineteenth Amendment, 2:5:26, 4:1:2, 4:1:4

Twenty-Fourth Amendment, 4:1:2, 4:1:5

Twenty-Sixth Amendment, 4:1:2, 4:1:5

Twenty-Seventh Amendment, 3:1:7

Article I (See Article I, U.S. Constitution)

Article II (See Article II, U.S. Constitution)

Article III, 1:4:26, 3:1:4

Article IV, 2:3:16

Article VI, 1:3:17, 3:1:2, 3:4:23

Article VII, 1:3:17

Article X, 1:3:17

creation of, 1:1:1, 1:4:21, 3:4:22

ratification of, 2:2:11, 3:1:2, 3:1:3, 3:1:7, 3:4:24

See also Articles of Confederation; Constitutional Convention (1787); constitutional white spaces; state constitutions

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services, 3:2:14

U.S. House of Representatives, 1:3:18

election of, 4:1:1, 4:1:7, 4:3:13

free vs. slave states in, 2:1:5

Wilson on role of, 3:2:13

U.S. Senate

Hamilton Plan on, 1:2:10

power of foreign affairs by, 1:5:27, 1:5:28

state representation in, 1:3:18, 3:1:2, 4:1:1, 4:1:7

treaties and, 3:3:19

vice-president’s role in, 1:4:23

Wilson on role of, 3:2:13

U.S. v. Belmont, 3:3:19

U.S. v. Curtiss-Wright Export Corp., 3:3:16

U.S. v. Darby, 3:5:34

U.S. v. E.C. Knight Co., 3:4:30, 3:5:32, 3:5:33, 3:5:34

U.S. v. Nixon, 3:3:21

Utah, 4:4:18

vaccination exemptions, 4:4:21

vagrancy, 2:2:10

Vesey, Denmark, 2:1:6

Vesting Clause, 3:2:9, 3:2:12

veto power, 2:5:29, 3:2:10, 3:2:14. See also executive powers

vice-presidents

election of, 1:4:26

formation of office, 1:3:18

separation of powers and, 1:4:23

Vietnam War, 2:5:27, 2:5:28, 3:3:21, 4:1:5

Vinson, Fred, 2:3:17

Virginia, 1:1:6, 1:2:8, 1:4:24, 4:3:13

Virginia Commission on Constitutional Government, 2:3:18

Virginia Plan, 1:2:8, 1:2:11, 1:3:16, 2:1:2, 2:2:11

vote harvesting, 4:2:11

voter fraud, 2:5:30

voter I.D., 2:5:30, 4:2:11. See also voting rights

voting age, 2:5:27, 2:5:30, 4:1:5

voting districting, 4:1:7, 4:2:8, 4:2:9

voting rights

of African Americans, 2:1:4, 2:1:7, 2:4:20, 2:4:24, 4:1:2, 4:1:3

Article II on, 4:1:1

of felons, 4:1:6

Fourteenth Amendment and, 4:1:2, 4:1:6

identification and, 2:5:30, 4:2:11

vs. logistic laws, 4:1:6, 4:2:10

military service and, 4:1:3, 4:1:5

Nineteenth Amendment on, 2:5:26

partisan gerrymandering of, 4:2:8, 4:2:9, 4:2:10

qualification laws on, 4:1:6, 4:2:10

Republican Party restrictions against, 2:5:30

states on, 1:1:5, 1:4:21, 2:4:20

of women, 2:1:3, 2:2:11, 2:2:12, 2:4:20, 2:4:24, 4:1:2, 4:1:4

See also citizenship

Voting Rights Act (1965), 2:5:28, 4:2:10

War of 1812, 3:4:26

war power. See military power

War Powers Act (1973), 3:3:21

Washington, Bushrod, 2:3:15

Washington, George, 1:3:18, 1:5:29, 1:5:30, 3:2:9, 4:1:3

waterways, 3:4:27, 3:4:28, 3:4:29

weaponry, 3:3:16, 3:3:17, 3:3:21. See also military power

Wesberry v. Sanders, 4:1:7

West Coast Hotel v. Parrish, 3:5:33

wheat production, 3:5:34

Wickard v. Filburn, 3:5:34

widow pensions, 3:4:29

Wilson, James, 1:3:16, 4:3:13

Wilson, Woodrow, 3:2:12, 3:2:13

winner-take-all election approach, 4:3:12

Wisconsin, 4:4:18

Wisconsin v. Yoder, 4:4:18, 4:4:19

Wollstonecraft, Mary, 2:1:3

women’s rights

in 19th c., 2:1:4

left out of 14th Amendment, 2:4:20

to reproduction, 4:2:9, 4:4:21

to vote, 2:1:3, 2:2:11, 2:2:12, 2:4:20, 2:4:24, 4:1:4

Wong Kim Ark, 2:3:15

working conditions, 3:5:32, 3:5:34. See also labor laws

World War I, 4:1:4

World War II, 4:1:4

Wyoming, 2:4:20, 2:4:24

Yates, Robert, 1:2:7, 1:3:15, 1:4:23

Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer, 3:1:5, 3:2:11, 3:3:15, 3:3:18

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