Part One: The setting of the american system Chapter 1: Constitutional government Constitutional democracy: the rule of law 1. Second treatise, of civil government - John Locke Framing the constitution: elitist or democratic process? 2. The founding fathers: a reform caucus in action - John P. Roche 3. Framing the constitution - Charles A. Beard Limitation of governmental power and of majority rule 4. Federalist - James Madison Interpreting the constitution 5. How not to read the constitution - Lawrence H. Tribe and Michael C. Dorf Chapter 2: Federalism Constitutional background: national versus state power 6. Federalist - Alexander Hamilton 7. Federalist - James Madison 9. The merits of the federal system - James Bryce Implied powers and the supremacy of national law 10. McCulloch v. Maryland - Wheaton A perspective on federalism: present and future 11. The federal system - Morton Grodzins State politics and constitutional government 12. A republic subverted - David Broder National power over the states: a recurring constitutional debate 13. United States v. Morrison (2000) Chapter 3: Civil liberties and civil rights 14. Antifederalist paper n°84 15. Speech before the house of representatives in 1789 proposing amendments to add a bill of rights to the constitution - James Madison The nationalization of hte bill of rights 16. Giden v. Wainwright Freedom of speech and press The evolution of the clear and present danger test 17. The need to maintain a free marketplace of ideas - Oliver Wendell Holmes Expanding the boundaries of permissible criticism of government and public officials 18. New York Times Co. v. Sullivan Equal protection of the laws: school desegregation 19. Plessy v. Ferguson 20. Brown v. Board of education of Topeka The judicial sources of major political controversies over civil liberties and rights The establishment clause and the issue of school prayer 22. Engel v. Vitale 23. Zelman v. Simmons-Harris The right to abortion 24. Roe v. Wade Affirmative action 25. Adarand constructors, Inc. v. Pena Part two: Political parties, electoral behavior, and interest groups Chapter 4: Political parties and the electorate Constitutional background 26. Federalist - James Madison 27. Party government - E. E. Schattschneider Constitutional protection of parties 28. California democratic party et al. v. Jones, Secretary of state of California, et al The party model of government 29. Toward a more responsible two-party system 30. Perspectives on american political parties - Martin P. Wattenberg Political parties in divided government 31. Divided we govern - David R. Mayhew Functions and types of elections 32. A theory of critical elections - V. O. Key, Jr Party decline and electoral decay 33. Politics by other means - Benjamim Ginsberg and Martion Shefter Voting behavior: rational or irrational? 34. Democratic practice and democratic theory - Bernard R. Berelson, Paul F. Lazarsfeld, and William N. McPhee Political Campaigns and the electorale 35. The responsabible electorale - V. O. Key, Jr Political parties and campaign finance: constitutional issues regulating political campaigns 36. Buckley v. Valeo Limiting political party expenditures 37. Colorado republican federal campaign commitee v. federal election commission 38. Federal election commission v. Colorado republican federal campaign commitee (Colorado II) The bipartisan campaign reform act of 2002 The constitutional challenge 39. Senator mitch McConnell, et al v. Federal election commission A perspectivie on the act 40. Myths and realities about the bipartisan campaign reform act of 2002 - Thomas E. Mann and Norman J. Ornstein Chapter 5: Interest groups Constitutional background 41. Madison's dilemma - Jeffrey M. Berry The nature and functions of interest groups 42. The governmental process - David B. Truman 43. The end of liberalism: the indictment - Theodore J. Lowi How american government and politics enhance interest group power 44. Interest groups and the american political system - Mark J. Rozell and Clyde Wilcox Money, PACs, and elections 45. The misplaced obsession with PACs - Larry J. Sabato Part three: National government institutions Chapter 6: The presidency Constitutional background: single versus plural executive 46. Federalist - Alexander Hamilton The nature of the presidency: power, persuasion, and paradoxes 47. The presidency - focus of leadership - Clinton Rossiter 48. Presidential power - Richard E. Neustadt 49. Presidential paradoxes - Thomas E. Cronin and Michael A. Genovese