Preface x i-xii
1. Why Do We Have a Constitution? 3-6
2. Who Wrote the Constitution? 7-10
3. Human Nature and the Constitution 11-13
4. Racism in the Constitution 14-16
5. Emulation and Innovation in the Constitutional System 17-20
6. How Can We Tell What the Constitution Means? 21-23
7. Is the Constitution What the Justices Say It Is? 24-26
8. What Can States Do? 29-31
9. What Is "Commerce among the Several States," and Why Does It Matter? 32-34
10. What States Can't Do 35-37
11. How Can Governments Use the Power to Tax? 38-40
12. Why Is It Hard to Sue a State? 41-43
Conflicts between the Branches
13. What Is the Purpose of the Separation of Powers? 47-49
14. The President as Chief Executive 50-52
15. The Crucial Power to Appoint and Remove Officials 53-55
16. Who Really Makes the Laws? 56-58
17. Executive Orders: Statutes in Disguise? 59-62
18. Can the President Start a War? 63-65
19. How Can We Get Rid of a Bad President? 66-68
20. Judicial Review 69-71
21. The Challenge of Judicial Independence 72-74
Representative Democracy
22. Who Can Vote? 77-80
23. Why Is My Congressional District Such a Weird Shape? 81-84
24. Is the Electoral College Undemocratic? 85-88
25. Why Do Wyoming and California Have the Same Number of Senators? 89-91
26. Term Lengths, Stability, and Responsiveness 92-94
27. Can the Constitution Handle Political Parties? 95-97
28. Campaign Finance and the First Amendment 98-101
29. Is the Administrative State Unconstitutional? 102-104
Individual Liberties
30. Does the Constitution Protect Hate Speech? 107-109
31. Does the Constitution Protect the Right to Lie? 110-112
32. Can I Be Prosecuted for Telling Someone to Break the Law? 113-115
33. Do the Media Have Special Rights? 116-118
34. Is All Religious Behavior Protected? 119-122
35. What Does "Separation of Church and State" Mean? 123-126
36. Does a Twitter Ban Violate the Constitution? [+]127-129
37. Does the Second Amendment Give Me the Right to Carry a Gun? 130-133
38. The Takings Clause 134-136
39. Is There a Right to Abortion in the Constitution? 137-139
Equality and Civil Rights
40. How Did the Civil War Amendments Change the Constitution? 143-146
41. Who Is a Citizen? 147-150
42. Does the Constitution Protect Noncitizens? 151-153
43. Does the Equal Protection Clause Cover Gender? 154-156
44. Equal Protection beyond Race and Sex 157-159
45. Regulating Private Discrimination 160-163
46. Does the Constitution Permit Affirmative Action? 164-166
47. Is There a Right to Same-Sex Marriage? 167-169
48. Homes and the Fourth Amendment 173-175
49. Automobiles and the Fourth Amendment 176-179
50. Electronic Surveillance and Tracking 180-182
51. Taking the Fifth 183-185
52. Police Interrogations and the Miranda Warnings 186-188
53. Why Do Courts Throw Out Good Evidence? 189-191
54. Cruel and Unusual Punishments 192-194
55. The U.S. Constitution as an International Model197-199
56. Different Approaches to National Constitutions 200-203
57. Does the Constitution Work in a Crisis? 204-206
58. Does the Constitution Cause Gridlock? 207-209
59. Does the Amendment Process Need Amendment? 210-212
Index213-214
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