The Constitution in Congress: Descent into the Maelstrom, 1829-1861University of Chicago Press, 2007年12月1日 - 344 頁 This acclaimed series serves as a biography of the U.S. Constitution, offering an indispensable survey of the congressional history behind its development. In a rare examination of the role that both the legislative and executive branches have played in the development of constitutional interpretation, The Constitution in Congress shows how the actions and proceedings of these branches reveal perhaps even more about constitutional disputes than Supreme Court decisions of the time. |
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... later.3 I set the historical stage for both parts of the story in the earlier preface , so I shall be brief about it here . Andrew Jackson took office March 4 , 1829 ; from then until 1861 the executive branch was largely in Democratic ...
... later states ) erected south of the Ohio River . Missouri , after a famous battle , was admitted as a slave state . The price was a prohibition of slavery in remaining portions of the Louisiana Purchase above Missouri's southern border ...
... later Thomas Ewing of Ohio , in presenting additional petitions , pointedly expressed the hope that the committee would not " pass [ ] them over in silence " but would explain why , if it so concluded , slavery ought not to be abolished ...
... later by the first amendment ; it was the inalienable " birthright " of every American citizen . If the citizen had the right to submit a petition , said Tallmadge , the Senate had a duty to receive it ; “ for it is in vain to grant the ...
... later seem to suggest ) the existence of slavery in the District deprived slaves of their liberty without due process , there could be no difficulty in abolishing it . See Cong Globe , 28th Cong , 1st Sess 287. Substantive due process ...
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Diplomacy Expansion and Force | 49 |
The Evil Empire | 131 |
Conclusion | 254 |
Dramatis Personae | 257 |
Principal Officers 18291861 | 279 |
The Constitution of the United States | 287 |
Index | 303 |