Reading
Assignments for John Marshall and the Foundations of American Nationalism
First
Topic: The Court Before Marshall
Materials
for the First Topic: Intro, Part
One, Part Two
Reading Assignments for First Topic
Second
Topic: The Establishment of the National Judicial Power; Marbury v. Madison
Materials
for Second Topic: Intro, Part
One, Part Two
Reading Assignments for Second Topic
Third
Topic: The Expansion of the Enumerated Powers; McCulloch v. Maryland
Materials
for Third Topic: Intro, Part
One, Part Two
Reading Assignments for Third Topic
Fourth Topic: The National
Guarantee of Private Property; Dartmouth
College v. Woodward
Materials for Fourth Topic*, Intro, Part One, Part Two
Reading Assignments for Fourth Topic
Fifth Topic: The National Government’s Power to Regulate . . . Everything? Gibbons v. Ogden
Materials
for Fifth Topic, Intro, Part
One, Part Two
Reading Assignments for Fifth Topic
Sixth Topic: The "Dormant" Commerce Clause—Limiting the States' Police Powers; Brown v. Maryland and Willson v. Black-Bird Creek Marsh, Co.
Materials
for Sixth Topic, Intro, Part
One, Part Two
Reading Assignment for Sixth Topic
Seventh
Class: Marshall’s Federalism and its Demise; Barron v. Baltimore