lame-duck period for
Mueller investigation and
preferential voting for
Republican senators in
Trump and
turnout for elections
2014 elections of
2018 elections of
Violence Against Women Act passed by
war powers of
Watergate and
congressional leadership, of Republicans
Connecticut Compromise
Constitution. See also specific Amendments
ambiguity of
amendments to
Article IV of
electors and
equality and
living
purple
red or blue
right to vote and
separation of powers and
Trump, protection from
constitutional cases
constitutional lawyers
constructive originalism
corporations, autonomy rights of
court-packing
cult of personality
cultural Armageddon
Debs, Eugene
deep state
Deepwater Horizon oil spill (2010)
deference
Delaware
democracy
Democracy Vouchers
Democrats
hyper-partisanship of
as party of racial segregation
Supreme Court, U.S., controlled by
Dennis v. United States
Department of the Interior, U.S.
deportation, of undocumented aliens
deregulation
deus ex machina
dictum
discriminatory purpose
disenfranchisement
felon
voter
disparate impact
District of Columbia statehood
District of Columbia v. Heller (2008)
Douglas, William O.
draft card burners
Dreamers
Obama and
separation of powers and
Trump and
Dred Scott v. Sandford
due process, substantive
Dunn v. Blumstein
Eastern European Jews, immigration by
educational equity
egalitarian democracy
Eisenhower, Dwight
Election Day
elections. See specific elections
electoral brakes
Electoral College
Clinton, H., and
as democracy-challenged institution
election of Presidents by
Hays victory in
indirect election by
majority rule and
popular vote compared to
representational imbalance in
rural constituencies and
rural states and
Trump victory in
Twelfth Amendment and
2016 election and
undemocratic nature of
urban majority and
votes per state for
voting and
enslaved people. See slavery
equality
Constitution and
free speech as autonomy and
Kavanaugh commitment to
equality-based protections of democracy
equitable estoppel
executive orders
fake news
Federal Communications Commission, U.S. (FCC)
federal courts
federal immigration detention camps
federal income taxes
federalism
to protect the weak
as shell game
as states rights
felon disenfranchisement
field preemption
Fifteenth Amendment (1870)
Fifth Amendment
filibuster
First Amendment
burning draft cards and
for campaign spending
Congress, U.S., and
felon disenfranchisement and
for free speech
gerrymandering and
law of democracy and
meaning of
protection for voting
strict scrutiny and
for voting rights
Florida Supreme Court
Ford, Gerald
Fortas, Abe
Founders
Constitutional text and
judicial review and
literalism and
multi-member districts and
originalism and
separation of powers and
Fourteenth Amendment (1868)
Fox Broadcasting Company
Frankfurter, Felix
free press
free radios, of Hitler
free speech
as autonomy and equality
autonomy-based rights as
campaign spending as
First Amendment for
voting as
French Declaration of the Rights of Man
Fugitive Slave Act (1850)
Garland, Merrick
Germany
gerrymandering
First Amendment and
Supreme Court, U.S., on
gig economy
Ginsburg, Ruth Bader
Gitlow v. New York (1925)
Giuliani, Rudy
Goldberg, Arthur
Gonzales v. Carhart (2007)
Gore, Al
Gorsuch, Neil
government shutdown
grand jury
Great Depression
Green Party
Guantánamo Bay, Cuba
gun control
habeas corpus, writs of
Hamilton, Alexander
Hammer v. Dagenhart
Harlan, John Marshall, II
Harper v. Virginia Board of Elections
Hays, Rutherford
Hitler, Adolf
closed borders by
election margin of
free radios of
German industry and
legitimacy of democracy and
on lying press (Lügenpress)
military service of
misogyny by
political base of
Ruhr seized by
Treaty of Versailles and
holding
Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr.
horizontal federalism
House of Commons
House of Lords
House of Representatives
Connecticut Compromise and
deregulation and
gerrymandering for
as partisan swamp
hyper-partisanship
ICE. See Immigration and Customs Enforcement
immigration
asylum seekers and
Congress, U.S., and
of Eastern European Jews
national quota system for
Obama and
Trump on
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
impeachment
incorporation doctrine
independent counsel
individual autonomy
campaign finance law and
equality, difference of
equality, same as
institution of deferred democracy
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
internet, for campaign spending
IRS. See Internal Revenue Service
ISIS
Israeli Holocaust Museum (Yad Vashem)
Jackson, Andrew
Jackson, Robert
Japanese Americans, internment of
Jay, John
Jefferson, Thomas
Johnson, Andrew
Johnson, Lyndon
Jones, Paula
judge-shopping
judicial review
Kagan, Elena
Kavanaugh, Brett
&n
bsp; commitment to equality and
confirmation hearing of
as Supreme Court, U.S., justice
as Trump’s nominee
Kennedy, Anthony
KGB
Korean War
Korematsu v. United States
Kramer v. Union School District
La Follette, Robert, Sr.
lame-duck period
Lamont v. Postmaster General
legal pyramid
appellate courts on third rung of
lawyers on bottom rung of
Supreme Court, U.S., on apex of
trial courts on second rung of
Lewinsky, Monica
Lincoln, Abraham
literalism
living Constitution
Lochner v. New York
lock her up
Long, Huey
Lyft
lying press (Lügenpress)
Madison, James
“Make America Great Again”
malapportionment, of U.S. Senate
Marbury v. Madison (1803)
marketplace of ideas
Marshall, John
Marshall, Thurgood
matching contributions
McCarthyism
McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission (2014)
Meese v. Keene
Mexican border wall
minimum wage, maximum hours and
minority President
misogyny
money in elections
Montesquieu
Mueller, Robert
Mueller investigation
multi-member districts
Muslim travel ban
Mussolini, Benito
My New Order (Hitler)
Myers v. Nebraska (1923)
National Emergencies Act (1976)
national emergency
National Enquirer
National Labor Relations Act
national popular vote, G
national quota system, for immigration
National Rifle Association
Nazis
negative separation of powers
net neutrality
New Deal
New York City
New York Times
New York Times v. Sullivan
9/11
Nineteenth Amendment (1920)
Nixon, Richard
Nixon v. Fitzgerald
nominating process
non-contestable elections
Northwest Ordinance (1787)
Nunes, David
Obama, Barack
obstruction of justice
offshore oil drilling
off-year elections
one-person, one-vote
originalism
pack and crack
Parliament
peanut butter conspiracy
Pentagon Papers
Perón, Juan
Philadelphia Constitutional Convention
Phoenix v. Kolodziejski
Pierce v. Society of Sisters (1923)
Planned Parenthood v. Casey (1992)
Plessy v. Ferguson
Pol Pot
police power
political bosses
political contributions. See campaign finance law
political parties
political question doctrine
political representation, of undocumented aliens
popular vote
Clinton, H. and
Electoral College compared to, 2016
election and
populism
positive separation of powers
Posner, Richard
Powell, Lewis
pragmatists
precedents
as confused
judges values and
lack of
persuasive
preemption, process of
preferential voting
presidential elections
Prigg v. Pennsylvania
primary elections
Printz v. United States
Progressive Party
proportional representation
Puerto Rico statehood
purposivism
Putin, Vladimir
al Qaeda
racial equity
racism, of Trump
Reagan, Ronald
Rehnquist, William
Reichstag
reproductive freedom
Republicans
congressional leadership of
hyper-partisanship of
national popular vote and
as party of Lincoln
Supreme Court, U.S., controlled by
Trump criticized by
res judicata
resistance, acts of
Reynolds v. Sims
Richardson v. Ramirez
right to vote
Roberts, John
Robespierre
Roe v. Wade (1973)
Roosevelt, Franklin D.
Roosevelt, Teddy
rule of law
rural America
Russell, Richard
Russia
Rust v. Sullivan
San Antonio v. Rodriguez
sanctuary cities
Scalia, Antonin
judicial review and
as originalist
replacement for
Second Amendment
secret ballot
Seminole Tribes v. Florida
Senate, U.S.
filibuster
malapportionment of
Supreme Court, U.S., confirmation hearing and
weighted voting in
Senate Judiciary Committee
separate but equal
separation of powers
administrative state and
Dreamers and
negative
positive
war powers and
Seventeenth Amendment (1913)
Shelby County v. Holder (2013)
Sherman Antitrust Act (1890)
Shipping Act (1916)
Sinclair Broadcasting Company
slavery
Civil War and
perpetuation of
Virginia and
Smith, Adam
Socialist Party
Sotomayor, Sonia
Souter, David
Soviet Union
special counsel
special prosecutor
Stalin, Joseph
stare decisis
Starr, Ken
State constitutions
States, division of
States’ rights
Statue of Liberty
Stein, Jill
Stendhal
strict scrutiny test
structural constitution
substantive due process
Supreme Court, U.S. See also collective equality; individual autonomy
on Affordable Care Act
American flag, burning of
on bipartisan districting commissions
on campaign contributions by noncitizens
on campaign spending
confirmation hearing
constructive originalism and
deference and
Democratic control of
on Dreamers
on felon disenfranchisement
Founders and
on gerrymandering
as institution of deferred democracy
judicial review and
justices values and
literalism and
on minimum wage and maximum hours
on Muslim travel ban
national emergencies and
originalism and
pragmatists and
precedents of
preemption and
on primary elections
purposivism and
Republican control of
on right to vote
separation of powers and
on slavery
strict scrutiny test and
textualists and
on third-party candidates
at top of legal pyramid
Trump and
tyranny of the majority and
war powers and
Taliban
tariffs
tax credits, for campaign spending
tax returns
Texas, Dreamers, and
textualists
third-party candidates
Thirteenth Amendment (1865)
Timmons v. Twin Cities Area New Party
Title VII
Title VIII
totalitarianism
trade wars
Treaty of Versailles
Truman, Harry
Trump, Donald
Affordable Care Act and
attacks on free press by
campaign finance laws and
on climate change
Clinton, H., and
closed borders and
Congress, U.S., and
Constitution and
on cultural Armageddon
deep state and
deregulation and
Dreamers and
election of
Electoral College and
fake news and
federalism and
Giuliani and
government shutdown by
Hitler speeches and
on immigration
impeachment of
Kavanaugh nominated by
Mexican border wall and
as minority president
misogyny by
Muslim travel ban by
narcissism of
national emergency and
obstruction of justice and
as racist
Republican criticism of
rhetoric of
Russia and presidential campaign
sanctuary cities and
separation of powers and
Supreme Court, U.S., and
tariffs by
tax returns of
trade wars by
tweets by
2016 election and
2020 census and
undocumented aliens and
unions and
Veterans Day military parade and
Vietnam, medical exemption from
Trump. Donald
on immigration
Trump v. Hawaii
tweets, by Trump
Twelfth Amendment (1804)
Twentieth Amendment (1933)
2014 election
2016 election
Electoral college and
popular vote and
Russia and
Trump and
2020 census
Twenty-Fifth Amendment (1967)
Twenty-Fourth Amendment (1964)
Twenty-Second Amendment (1951)
Twenty-Sixth Amendment (1971)
Twenty-Third Amendment (1961)
tyranny of the majority
Uber
Underground Railway
undocumented aliens
deportation of
political representation of
Trumps tweets on
unions
United States v. Lopez
United States v. Morrison (2000)
United States v. Nixon
United States v. O’Brien
urban America
vertical federalism
Veterans Day
Vietnam War. See also draft card burners
violence against women
Violence Against Women Act (1994)
Virginia
viva voce voting
voter disenfranchisement
voter IDs
voter registration
voter turnout