Major Issues 4
Role of the Courts 4
Which branch authoritative interpreter of the Cx. 4
C/M Difficulty 4
The Supreme Court and the Constitution 4
Introduction 4
History of the Constitution 4
Functions of the Constitution 5
Why Have A Cx? 5
People as Sovereign 5
Constitutional Interpretation 5
Counter Majoritarian Difficulty 5
Alex Bickel (1962) 5
Responses to C/M Difficulty 5
Interpretation 6
Theories 6
Caveats 6
Art. III 6
Creates federal judicial system 6
vests power in Sup. Ct. 6
Lifetime tenure 6
Enforce Powers of Fed Gov't 6
under Cx 6
treaties 6
laws 6
US is a party 6
ambassadors 6
foreign citizens 6
Interstate Umpire 6
states and their citizens 6
two states 6
not state and citizens of different state XI A. 6
Jury trials 6
Treason 6
Framework 6
Judicial Review 6
Review of Presidential Decisions 6
Marbury v. Madison (1803) Marshall 6
Martin v. Hunter's Lessee (1816) 7
Federal Power 7
McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) Marshall 7
Justiciability 8
Advisory Opinions 8
Need Actual Dispute 8
Standing 8
Generally 8
Art. III Requirements 8
Prudential Requirments. 8
Allen v. Wright (1984) (p.87) 8
Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife (1992) (p.92) 8
Political Question 8
Caveats 8
Baker Criteria (p.114) 8
Guarantee Clause 9
Luther v. Borden (1849) 9
Baker v. Carr (1962) 9
Bush v. Gore 9
Federalism 9
Values 9
Limits on Congressional Power 9
Internal Limits 9
External Limits 9
Displacement of State Authority 9
Generally Applicable Law 9
National League of Cities v. Usery (1976) (p233) 9
Garcia v. San Antonio Metro Transit Authority (1985) 9
Garcia Line of Cases effectively overruled by NY, BUT LINES OF CASES ARE SEPERATE 10
Commandeering 10
Reemergence of the Tenth Amendment 10
N.Y. v. U.S. (1992) (p237) 10
Commerce Power (Art. I s. 8 c.3) 10
Generally 10
History 10
Roots 10
Gibbons v. Ogden (1824) 10
Lochner Era 10
U.S. v. E.C. Knight (1895) 10
Champion v. Ames - The Lottery Case (1903) 10
Lochner v. N.Y. (1903) 10
Mueller v. Oregon (1908) 10
Shreveport Rate Cases (1914) 11
Hammer v. Dagenhart - The Child Labor Cases (1918) Day (5-4) Holmes dissent 11
Stafford v. Wallace (1922) 11
Adkins v. Child Hospital (1923) 11
A.L.A. Shechter Poultry v. U.S. (1935) 11
Morehead v. NY ex rel Tipaldo (1936) 11
Carter v. Carter Coal (1936) Sutherland 11
“Modern” Commerce Cases 11
Switch in Time 11
NLRB v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. (1937) Hughes 11
West Coast Hotel v. Parrish (1937) 11
U.S. v. Darby (1941) 11
Wickard v. Filburn (1942) Jackson 11
Commerce in Civil Rights 11
Civil Rights Act of 1964 11
Heart of Atlanta Motel v. US (1964) 11
Katzenbach v. McClung (1964) 12
Modern Commerce Cases 12
U.S. v. Lopez (1995) (p186) 12
U.S. v. Morrison (2000) 12
Other Powers of Congress 12
Treaty Power 12
Missouri v. Holland (1920) (p203) 12
Reid v Covert (1957) 12
War Power 12
Woods v. Cloyd Miller Co. (1948) (206) 12
Foreign Affairs 12
U.S. v. Curtiss-Wright Corp.(1936) 12
Spending Power 12
U.S. v. Butler (1936) (p209) 12
Conditional Grants To States 12
South Dakota v. Dole (1987) (p217) 12
Limits of Federal Spending Power (Rehnquist) 13
13th A. 13
15th A. 13
14th A. Section 5 13
Theories 13
Lassiter v. Northhampton Election Board (1959) 13
Katzenbach v. Morgan (1966) (p.222) 13
City of Boerne v. Flores (1997) (p226) 13
Presidential Powers 13
Article II 13
Executive power 13
Take Care Clause 13
Commander in Chief 13
No Inherent Powers 13
Youngstown 13
Foreign Affairs Power 13
U.S. v. Curtiss-Wright Corp 13
Limitations 13
Impeachment 13
Two Term Limit 13
Separation of Powers 13
Text 13
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co. v. Sawyer (1952) (p336) 13
Formalist Interpretations 14
INS v. Chadha (1983) (p370) 14
Bowsher v. Synar (1986) (p381) 14
Functionalist Interpretation 14
Morrison v. Olson (1988) (p387) 14
Reconstruction 14
Textual Basis For Slavery in the Cx 14
Slaughter House Cases (1873) 14
Strauder v. West Virginia (1879) 14
Civil Rights Cases (1883) 14
Brown 14
Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) (p437) 14
Sweatt v. Painter (1950) (p445) 15
McLaurin v. Oklahoma (1950) (p446) 15
Brown v. Board of Ed. (1954) (p446) 15
Bolling v. Sharpe (1954) (p449) 15
Brown II (1955) (p453) 15
Massive Resistance 15
Cooper v. Aaron (1958) (p457) 15
Civil Rights Act of 1964 15
The Fourteenth Amendment 15
Content of Section 1 15
Equal Protection 15
Procedural Due Process 16
Substantive Due Process 16
Equal Protection for Federal Action 16
Classification & Discrimination 16
Criticism of Levels of Scrutiny 16
Reasons for Heightened Scrutiny 16
Generally 16
Problems 16
14th Amendment/Original Understanding 16
Carolene Products FN4 16
Cleburne v. Cleburne Living Center - White, J. 16
Frontiero - Brennan, J. 16
Female Political Process Failure 16
Equal Protection Methodology 16
Class 16
Right 16
Class + Right 16
is the class narrowly tailored? 16
Rational Basis 16
Rationally related to a legitimate government purpose. 16
Bulwark against arbitrary and unreasonable gov't action 16
New York City Transit v. Beazer (1979) (p475) 16
Railway Express Agency v. NY (1949) (p484) 17
Williamson v. Lee Optical (1955) 17
Minnesota v. Clover Leaf Creamery Co. (1981) 17
Rational Basis "Plus" 17
Aberrant rational basis. 17
City of Cleburne v. Cleburne Living Center (1985) 17
Romer v. Evans (1996) 17
Intermediate Scrutiny 17
Test 17
Substantially related to an important government purpose. 17
Gay discrimination is gender discrimination 17
Baehr v. Lewin 17
Koppelman 17
Subordinate men to women's status. 17
History 17
Slaughter House Cases (1873) 17
Bradwell v. Illinois (1873)(p.596) 17
Minor v. Happersett (1875) 18
Muller v. Oregon (1908) 18
Adkins v. Children's Hospital (1923) 18
West Coast Hotel v. Parrish 18
Goesaert v. Cleary (1948) 18
Hoyt v. Florida (1961) 18
Women's Property Acts (1830s-1890s) 18
Reed v. Reed (1971)(p.598) 18
Frontiero v. Richardson (1973) 18
Modern Standard 18
Craig v. Boren (1976)(p.602) 18
U.S. v. Virginia (1996)(p.611) 18
Real Differences 19
Rostker v. Goldberg (1981) (p.620) 19
Michael M. v. Sonoma County (1981) 19
Nguyen v. INS (2001) (suppliment) 19
Strict Scrutiny 19
Impact v. Intent 19
Arlington Hts 19
Feeny 19
Strict Scrutiny Test 19
Necessary to achieve a compelling government purpose. 19
Caveats 19
Origins 19
Facially Discriminatory Law 19
Strauder v. West Virginia (1880) 19
Korematsu v. U.S. (1944) 19
Facially Neutral But Explicitly Racial 19
Loving v. Virginia (1967) (p533) 19
Not Facially Discriminatory 19
Washington v. Davis (1976) (p.514) 19
Gomillion v. Lightfoot (1960) 20
Yick Wo v. Hopkins (1886) 20
Arlington Heights v. Metro Housing (1977) (p523) 20
McCleskey v. Kemp (1987) (p.523) 20
Feeney (1977) 20
Incorporation Doctrine 20
Generally 20
Baron v. Baltimore (1830) 20
Slaughter House Cases (1873) 20
Warren court 20
Substantive Due Process 20
Generally 20
Ghost of Lochner 20
Historical 20
Lochner and Freedom of Contract 20
ends with West Coast Hotel 20
Skinner v. OK 20
Modern 20
FN4 20
representation/renforcement (p690) 20
two tier analysis 20
Right of Privacy/Abortion 20
Griswold v. Connecticut (1965) (p811) 20
Eisenstadt v. Baird (1972) (p822) 21
Roe v. Wade (1973) (p823) 21
After Roe 21
Planned Parenthood v. Casey (1992)(p851) 21
Bowers v. Hardwick (1986) (p896) 21
Romer v. Evans (1996) (p638) 21
Lawrence v. Texas (Now) 22
Fundamental Interests Equal Protection 22
Generally 22
procreation, voting, access to courts, and travel 22
Strict-scrutiny test used to violate under EP clause of 14th A. 22
hesitant to expand list 22
Procreation (YES) 22
Buck v. Bell (1927) 22
Skinner v. Oklahoma (1942) (p. 736) 22
Education (NO) 22
San Antonio School Dist. v. Rodriguez (1973) (p.795) 22
Plyer v. Doe (1982) (p. 804) 22
Affirmative Action 22
Battle for Meaning of EP 22
Color Blind 22
Anti-Subordination/Remedial 22
History 22
Regents of U.C. v. Bakke (1978)(p554) 22
Fullilove v. Klutznick (1980) 23
City of Richmond v. J.A. Croson Co (1989) (p557) 23
Metro Broadcasting v. FCC 23
Adarand Constructors v. Pena (1995) (p574) 23
Before Michigan 23
Standard of Review 23
Compelling Gov't Interest 23
State Action Doctrine 24
Generally 24
Cx applies only to the government. 24
No state action doctrine in 13th A. 24
Private conduct is not reached by the Cx 24
No protection from private wrongs. 24
Civil Rights Cases - CRA 75 un-Cx 24
U.S. v. Morrison (2000) (p199) 24
Reasons 24
Personal Liberty 24
Other Bodies of Law Protect 24
Gov power > Private 24
Entanglement Exceptions 24
Government authorizes, facilitates, or encourages private, un-Cx conduct 24
Generally 24
Enforcement 24
Shelly v. Kramer (1948) 24
Regulation 24
Burton v. Willimington Parking Authority (1961) (p.1527) 24
Subsidy 24
Norwood v. Harrison (1973) (p1530) 24
Rendell-Baker v. Kohn (1982) (p1533) 24
Public Function 24
Marsh v. Alabama (1946) (p1544) 24
Jackson v. Metro Edison (1974) (p1540) 24
Carolene Products Footnote Four 25