Institutional Powers and Constraints, 5th Edition
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   Hein v. Freedom from Religion Foundation, Inc. (2007)

Part I. The U.S. Constitution

1. Understanding the U.S. Supreme Court

      [No supplemental cases in this chapter]

Part II: Institutional Authority

2. The Judiciary

Establishment of the Federal Judiciary
  Cohens v. Virginia (1821)
Judicial Review
  City of Boerne v. Flores (1997)
  Dickerson v. United States (2000)
  Murdock v. City of Memphis (1875)
Constraints on Judicial Power: Article III
  DeFunis v. Odegaard (1974)
  Luther v. Borden (1849)
  Colegrove v. Green (1946)
  Frothingham v. Melon (1923)
  Hein v. Freedom from Religion Foundation, Inc. (2007)
  Raines v. Byrd (1997)

3. The Legislature

Congressional Authority over Internal Affairs: Institutional Independence and Integrity
  Kilbourn v. Thompson (1881)
  Hutchinson v. Proxmire (1979)
Sources and Scope of Legislative Powers
  Gibson v. Florida Legislative Investigating Commission (1963)

4. The Executive

The Faithful Execution of the Laws: Defining the Contours of Presidential Power
  Train v. City of New York (1975)
Domestic Powers of the President
  Raines v. Byrd (1997)
The President and Foreign Policy
  Goldwater v. Carter (1979)
  United States v. Belmont (1937)
  Haig v. Agree (1981)

5. The Separation of Powers System in Action

Domestic Powers
  Wayman v. Southard (1825)
  J.W. Hampton & Co. v. United States (1928)
  Panama Refining Co. v. Ryan (1935)
  Loving v. United States (1996)
Presidential Power during War and National Emergencies
  Hirabayashi v. United States (1943)
  Ex parte Endo (1944)
  Hamdi v. Rumsfeld (2004)
  Hamdan v. Rumsfeld (2006)

Part III. Nation-State Relations

6. Federalism

Nation-State Relations: The Doctrinal Cycle
  Cohens v. Virginia (1821)
The Eleventh Amendment
  Chisholm v. Georgia (1793)
  Seminole Tribe of Florida v. Florida (1996)
  Kimel v. Florida Board of Regents (2000)
  Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama v. Garrett (2001)
  Nevada Department of Human Resources v. Hibbs (2003)
  Central Virginia Community College v. Katz (2006)
National Preemption of State Laws
  American Insurance Association v. Garamendi (2003)

7. The Commerce Power

Defining Interstate Commerce
  Houston, East & West Texas Railway Co. v. United States
      (The Shreveport Rate Case) (1914)
  Kidd v. Pearson (1888)
  Northern Securities Company v. United States (1904)
  Swift & Co. v. United States (1905)
The Supreme Court and the New Deal
  Panama Refining Co. v. Ryan (1935)
  Daniel v. Paul (1969)
  Gonzalez v. Raich (2005)
The Commerce Power of the States
  Willson v. Black-Bird Creek Marsh Company (1829)
  Mayor of New York v. Miln (1837)
  South Carolina State Highway Department v. Barnwell Brothers (1938)
  Granholm v. Heald (2005)

8. The Power to Tax and Spend

Direct Taxes and the Power to Tax Income
  Hylton v. United States (1796)
  Springer v. United States (1881)
Intergovernmental Tax Immunity
  Collector v. Day (1871)
  Helvering v. Gerhardt (1938)
  Graves v. New York ex rel. O'Keefe (1939)
Taxation as Regulatory Power
  Veazie Bank v. Fenno (1869)
  United States v. Kahriger (1953)
  Marchetti v. United States (1968)
Restrictions on the Revenue Powers of the States
  Brown v. Maryland (1827)
  Low v. Austin (1872)
  Spector Motor Service v. O’Connor (1951)
  National Bellas Hess v. Department of Revenue of the State of Illinois (1967)
  West Lynn Creamery v. Healy (1994)
  South Central Bell Telephone Co. v. Alabama (1999)

Part IV. Economic Liberties

9. The Contract Clause

Decline of the Contract Clause: From the Taney Court to the New Deal
  Fertilizing Company v. Hyde Park (1878)
Modern Applications of the Contract Clause
  El Paso v. Simmons (1965)
  Energy Reserves Group v. Kansas Power and Light (1983)

Ch. 10. Economic Substantive Due Process

The Development of Substantive Due Process
  Mugler v. Kansas (1887)
  Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company v. Minnesota (1890)
The Roller-Coaster Ride of Substantive Due Process: 1898-1923
  Holden v. Hardy (1898)
  Bunting v. Oregon (1917)
The Depression, the New Deal, and the Decline of Substantive Due Process
  Morehead v. New York (1936)
The Contemporary Relevance of Substantive Due Process
  Pennell v. San Jose (1988)
  State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. v. Campbell (2003)
  Griswold v. Connecticut (1965)
  Roe v. Wade (1973)

11. The Takings Clause

Protecting Private Property from Government Seizure
  Barron v. Baltimore (1833)
  Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. Chicago (1897)
What Constitutes a Taking?
  Loretto v. Teleprompter Manhattan CATV Corp. (1982)
  Pennsylvania Coal Co. v. Mahon (1922)
Public Use Requirement
  United States ex rel. Tennessee Valley Authority v. Welch (1946)
  Kelo v. City of New London (2005)
Resurrecting the Takings Clause
  Keystone Bituminous Coal Association v. DeBenedictis (1987)
  First English Lutheran Church v. Los Angeles County (1987)
  Tahoe-Sierra Preservation Council v. Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (2002)