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Content from the following sources has been used in the creation of this casebook:

    • 1: Elements original
    • 1.1: Text and Context original
    • 1.1.1: Article V, U.S. Constitution original
    • 1.1.2: Article XIII, Articles of Confederation original
    • 1.2: Framing Readings original
    • 1.2.1: Marbury v. Madison original
    • 1.2.2: M'Culloch v. Maryland original
    • 1.2.3: Gibbons v. Ogden original
    • 1.3: Translation original
    • 1.3.1: U.S. v. Classic original
    • 1.3.2: Olmstead v. United States original
    • 2: Fidelity on the Right original
    • 2.1: Translating Federalism, v1 original
    • 2.1.1: United States v. E. C. Knight Co. original
    • 2.1.2: Houston, East & West Texas Railway Co. v. United States original
    • 2.1.3: Champion v. Ames (Lottery Case) original
    • 2.1.4: Hipolite Egg Co. v. United States original
    • 2.1.5: Hammer v. Dagenhart original
    • 2.1.6: Railroad Retirement Board v. Alton Railroad original
    • 2.1.7: A. L. A. Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States original
    • 2.1.8: Carter v. Carter Coal Co. original
    • 2.2: Translating Due Process, v1 original
    • 2.2.1: Founding Values original
    • 2.2.1.1: Calder v. Bull original
    • 2.2.1.2: Butchers’ Benevolent Ass'n v. Crescent City Live-Stock Landing & Slaughter-House Co. original
    • 2.2.2: Deference original
    • 2.2.2.1: Munn v. Illinois original
    • 2.2.3: Less Deference original
    • 2.2.3.1: Mugler v. Kansas original
    • 2.2.3.2: Allgeyer v. Louisiana original
    • 2.2.4: No Deference original
    • 2.2.4.1: Lochner v. New York original
    • 2.2.4.2: Muller v. Oregon original
    • 2.2.4.3: Bailey v. Alabama original
    • 2.2.4.4: Coppage v. Kansas original
    • 2.2.4.5: Adkins v. Children’s Hospital of Columbia original
    • 2.3: Retreat: Commerce original
    • 2.3.1: National Labor Relations Board v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. original
    • 2.3.2: United States v. Darby original
    • 2.3.3: Wickard v. Filburn original
    • 2.3.4: Katzenbach v. McClung original
    • 2.4: Retreat: Due Process original
    • 2.4.1: Nebbia v. New York original
    • 2.4.2: West Coast Hotel v. Parrish original
    • 2.4.3: Williamson v. Lee Optical of Oklahoma, Inc. original
    • 2.5: Translating Federalism, v2 original
    • 2.5.1: New York v. United States original
    • 2.5.2: National League of Cities v. Usery original
    • 2.5.3: Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority original
    • 2.6: Translating Federalism, v3 original
    • 2.6.1: United States v. Lopez original
    • 2.6.2: U.S. v. Morrison original
    • 2.6.3: Gonzales v. Raich original
    • 2.7: Translating: Useable Tools original
    • 2.7.1: Gregory v. Ashcroft original
    • 2.7.2: South Dakota v. Dole original
    • 2.7.3: New York v. United States (1992) original
    • 2.7.4: Printz v. United States original
    • 2.7.5: NFIB v. Sebelius original
    • 2.8: Useable Tools: Immunity original
    • 2.8.1: 11th Amendment (1795) original
    • 2.8.2: Hans v. Louisiana original
    • 2.8.3: Seminole Tribe of Florida v. Florida original
    • 3: Fidelity in the Middle original
    • 3.1: Brooding Omnipresences original
    • 3.1.1: Swift v. Tyson original
    • 3.1.2: Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins original
    • 3.1.3: Sosa v. Alvarez-Machain original
    • 3.2: Article II original
    • 3.2.1: The Nature of Executive Power original
    • 3.2.1.1: Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer original
    • 3.2.1.2: Dames & Moore v. Regan, Secretary of the Treasury original
    • 3.2.1.3: Zivotofsky v. Kerry original
    • 3.2.2: The Essence of Executive Power original
    • 3.2.2.1: Humphrey's Executor v. United States original
    • 3.2.2.2: Synar v. United States original
    • 3.2.2.3: Morrison v. Olson original
    • 3.2.2.4: Free Enterprise Fund v. Public Co. Accounting Oversight Board original
    • 3.2.3: The Control on Executive Power original
    • 3.2.3.1: United States v. Nixon original
    • 3.2.3.2: Clinton v. Jones original
    • 3.3: Article I vs. Article II original
    • 3.3.1: INS v. Chadha original
    • 3.3.2: Bowsher v. Synar original
    • 3.3.3: Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority v. Citizens for the Abatement of Aircraft Noise, Inc. original
    • 3.3.4: Clinton v. City of New York original
    • 4: Fidelity on the Left original
    • 4.1: Amendments (after a(n un)civil war) original
    • 4.1.1: Constitutional Texts original
    • 4.1.1.1: Amendment XIII, U.S. Constitution original
    • 4.1.1.2: Amendment XIV, U.S. Constitution original
    • 4.1.1.3: Amendment XV, U.S. Constitution original
    • 4.1.2: Statutory Texts original
    • 4.1.2.1: Civil Rights Act of 1866 original
    • 4.1.2.2: Civil Rights Act of 1870 original
    • 4.1.2.3: Civil Rights Act of 1875 original
    • 4.2: Equal Protection original
    • 4.2.1: Race: Hope original
    • 4.2.1.1: U.S. v. Rhodes original
    • 4.2.1.2: U.S. v. Hall original
    • 4.2.1.3: U.S. v. Given original
    • 4.2.1.4: Strauder v. West Virginia original
    • 4.2.2: Race: Less original
    • 4.2.2.1: Butchers’ Benevolent Ass'n v. Crescent City Live-Stock Landing & Slaughter-House Co. original
    • 4.2.2.2: U. S. v. Cruikshank (CTA 1874) (Bradley, J.) original
    • 4.2.2.3: U.S. v. Cruikshank original
    • 4.2.2.4: The Civil Rights Cases original
    • 4.2.3: Race: Forgotten original
    • 4.2.3.1: Plessy v. Ferguson original
    • 4.2.3.2: Giles v. Harris original
    • 4.2.3.3: Korematsu v. United States original
    • 4.2.4: Race: Remembered original
    • 4.2.4.1: Brown v. Board of Education original
    • 4.2.4.2: Bolling v. Sharpe original
    • 4.2.4.3: Loving v. Virginia original
    • 4.2.5: Race: Result original
    • 4.2.5.1: Palmore v. Sidoti original
    • 4.2.5.2: Lee v. Washington original
    • 4.2.5.3: Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin original
    • 4.2.6: Sex original
    • 4.2.6.1: Bradwell v. State original
    • 4.2.6.2: Goesaert v. Cleary original
    • 4.2.6.3: Reed v. Reed original
    • 4.2.6.4: Frontiero v. Richardson original
    • 4.2.7: Doctrinal Details: Section 5 original
    • 4.2.7.1: City of Boerne v. Flores original
    • 4.2.7.2: Board v. Garrett original
    • 4.2.8: Doctrinal Details: Incorporation original
    • 4.2.8.1: McDonald v. City of Chicago original
    • 4.3: Due Process, v2 original
    • 4.3.1: The Idea original
    • 4.3.2: Expanded original
    • 4.3.2.1: Griswold v. Connecticut original
    • 4.3.2.2: Roe v. Wade original
    • 4.3.3: Rationalized original
    • 4.3.3.1: Planned Parenthood v. Casey original
    • 4.4: Equal Privacy: Sexual Orientation original
    • 4.4.3: Romer v. Evans original