Syllabus for Con Law I

• Background: 2-23

Judicial Review

• 1. 24-37 Theory of Marbury v. Madison.
• 2. 37-42 Limits on Marbury.
• 3. 43-48 Supreme Court Jurisdiction over appeals from State Courts.

Federal Power

• 4. 125-145 Textual sources of federal power.
• 5. 145-53 Introduction to the Commerce Power.
• 6. 153-62 Commerce Power: Exclusive or Concurrent?
• 7. 162-69 Commerce Power law through the New Deal
• 8. 169-91 Commerce Power today.
• 9. 191-204 Other federal powers
• 10. 204-16 Other federal powers.
• 11. 217-42 State immunity
• 12. 242-52 More on state immunity.
• 13. 252-64 Eleventh amendment

State power

• 14. 265-70, 275-84 Negative implications of the Commerce Clause--Transportation.
• 15. 284-95 Continued.
• 16. 295-304 Negative implications of the Commerce Clause--Production & Trade.
• 17. 304-319 Continued.
• 18. 319-326 Preserving in-state resources.
• 19. 326-38 Continued.
• 20. 339-49 Market Participant doctrine.
• 21. 361-76 Article IV Privileges & Immunities.
• 22. 385-99 Federal Preemption.

Separation of Powers

• 23. 400-21 Executive v. Legislative
• 24. 421-29 Legislative v. Executive
• 25. 429-40 Continued.
• 26. 440-49 Judicial v. Executive

Federal Jurisdictional Issues

• 27. 48-55 More on Supreme Court jurisdiction to review State Court decisions.
• 28. 55-58 Abstention & related doctrines.
• 29. 58-69 Standing.
• 30. 69-88 More standing.
• 31. 88-103 Mootness & ripeness.
• 32. 103-23 Political questions.

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