American Constitutional Law, Volume II

"This casebook is ideal for undergraduate classes in constitutional law. The case selection thoughtfully balances the old and new; the editing of cases is done with precision and care. The editors' introductory essays are models of clarity, organization, and focus on the crucial problems of constitutional interpretation. The essays are attentive to doctrinal details without losing sight of the Constitution as a whole. The supporting website provides a rich source of recent and earlier decisions that provide flexibility for instructors. Rossum and Tarr's American Constitutional Law is, in sum, the class of its class." --G. Roger McDonald, John Jay College of Criminal Justice "These volumes are a sound, balanced introduction into the study of Constitutional Law. The abridged cases are substantive but still accessible to the average undergraduate student and provide a solid basis for gaining a foothold in the discipline and for generating vigorous discussion and debate on the case law." --Darren Patrick Guerra, Biola University "Rossum and Tarr have created an excellent set of volumes for teaching constitutional law to undergraduates. Their approach is both scholarly and highly accessible. It is also organized in a way that gives instructors the flexibility to formulate their own approach to teaching constitutional law." --Michael Zarkin, Westminster College

Ralph A. Rossum is Salvatori Professor of American Constitutionalism at Claremont McKenna College. He has written or co-written eight books, including his most recent, Understanding Clarence Thomas: The Jurisprudence of Constitutional Restoration (Univ. of Kansas Press, 2013). He has served in the U.S. Department of Justice as Deputy Director of its Bureau of Justice Statistics and as a board member of its National Institute of Corrections.G. Alan Tarr is Distinguished Professor of Political Science and director of the centre for State Constitutional Studies, Rutgers University, Camden. He is author of twelve books, including Without Fear or favour: Judicial Independence and Judicial Accountability in the American States (Stanford University Press) and Judicial Process and Judicial Policymaking, Sixth Edition (Cengage). He has served as a constitutional consultant in Brazil, Burma, Cyprus, Russia, and South Africa. Three times an NEH Fellow, he is currently editor of a fifty-volume reference series on state constitutions.

Preface -- Note to the Reader -- Interpretation of the Constitution -- Constitutional Adjudication -- Rights under the Constitution -- Economic Due Process and the Takings Clause -- Freedom of Speech, Press, and Association -- Freedom of Religion -- Criminal Procedure -- The Equal Protection Clause and Racial Discrimination -- Substantive Equal Protection -- Voting and Representation -- The Right to Privacy, Personal Autonomy, and Dignity -- The Constitution of the United States of America -- Justices of the Supreme Court -- Case titles in capital letters indicate cases that are reprinted in this volume. Bold italic page numbers indicate where the case is reprinted in this volume.