Congress : protecting individual rights / Louis Fisher.
2016
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Title
Congress : protecting individual rights / Louis Fisher.
Published
Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2016]
Call Number
KF4935 .F569 2016
ISBN
9780700622115 (cloth ; alk. paper)
070062211X (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780700622122 (ebook)
0700622128 (ebook)
070062211X (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780700622122 (ebook)
0700622128 (ebook)
Description
xv, 190 pages ; 24 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)928490233
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Purchased from the income of the Soll Fund
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The Arthur W. Diamond Law Library
Purchased from the income of the Soll Fund
Table of Contents
Preface
xi
Note on Citations
xv
ch. 1
Judging the Three Branches
1
Congress
2
President
5
Judiciary
12
Warren Court
17
Individual Rights at Risk
19
Seeking a Better Balance
23
ch. 2
Founding Principles
29
Breaking with the British Model
30
Lessons from the Continental Congress
32
Drafting the Constitution
35
Proposing a Title for the President
38
Bill of Rights
40
Scope of Public Participation
41
ch. 3
Rights of Blacks
47
Ending Slavery
47
Civil War
51
Congressional Safeguards, Judicial Opposition
53
Public Accommodations Legislation
55
From Plessy to Brown v. Board
58
Civil Rights Act of 1964
65
Continuing Dialogue
67
ch. 4
Rights of Women
69
Blackstone's Doctrine of Coverture
69
Myra Bradwell's Effort to Practice Law
70
Belva Lockwood Goes to Congress
73
Judicial Rulings from 1875 to 1971
75
Equal Rights Amendment
77
Abortion Rights
80
Equal Pay Legislation
85
Lilly Ledbetter Case
86
Additional Legislative Activity
90
ch. 5
Rights of Children
92
Legislation on Child Labor
92
Invoking the Commerce Power
94
Turning to the Taxing Power
97
Congress Keeps Trying
99
Compulsory Flag Salutes
103
In the Lower Courts
104
Supreme Court Decides
106
Having Second Thoughts
109
ch. 6
Protecting Religious Liberty
115
Constitutional Principles
115
Conscientious Objectors
116
Pacifism after World War I
120
Chaplains
124
Legislation on Polygamy
126
Exemptions in Prohibition Statutes
127
Yarmulke Case
130
ch. 7
Rights of Native Americans
137
Propagating the Gospel
137
Indian Removal
139
Stirrings of Reform
142
Protective Legislation
144
Religious Use of Peyote
146
Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA)
149
Edison Chiloquin and Klamath Indians
157
ch. 8
Strengthening U.S. Democracy
159
Making Time for Legislative Work
160
Protecting Congressional Prerogatives
161
Improving Institutional Resources
164
Eliminating Gerrymandered Districts
166
Limiting Campaign Expenditures
168
About the Author
177
Index of Cases
179
Index of Subjects
184