Congress and the Constitution: A Study of Responsibility

Donald G. Morgan

Published by Harvard University Press 1966

Congress and the Constitution

A Study of Responsibility

Donald G. Morgan

https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674428829

Contents

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xi
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	xiii
PART I. The Problem: Character and Dimensions
1. Introduction: Crisis and Discord Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
2. Constitutional Settlements: A Framework for Analysis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	16
PART II. The Problem in Origins
3. Trial and Error, 1789–1801 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	45
4. The Emerging Theories Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	71
PART III. Congressional Practice in the Nineteenth Century
5. The Jeffersonian System: The Anderson Contempt Motion in the House, 1818 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	101
6. Stress of War: The Oath of Office Act of 1862 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	122
7. The Marshallian System: The Sherman Act of 1890 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	140
PART IV. Practice in the Modern Congress
8. Federalism in Crisis: The Bituminous Coal Conservation Act of 1935 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	163
9. Separation of Powers in the Administrative State: The Reorganization Act of 1939 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	184
10. Separation of Powers in the Cold War: The Middle East Resolution of 1957 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	204
11. Amendment by Default: The Twenty-Second Amendment in Congress, 1947 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	226
12. Individual Rights and National Insecurity: The Communist Control Act of 1954 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	246
13. Congress in Dilemma: The Jenner- Butler Bill in the Senate, 1957–1958 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	269
14. Enter the Executive: The Public Accommodations Title of the 1964 Civil Rights Act Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	292
15. Congress and the Constitution Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	331
Appendix A, Appendix B, Notes, Table of Court Cases, Index
Appendix A. Questionnaire to the Members of the Eighty-Sixth Congress: Analysis of Returns Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	365
Appendix B. List of Washington, D.C., Interviews Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	385
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	387
Table of Court Cases Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	467
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	471

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Copyright year: 1966
Edition: Reprint 2014
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Front matter: 15
- Main content: 490
Illustrations
- Tables: 13
- Other: 13 tables
Keywords: Legislation -- United States.; Constitutional history -- United States.; United States. Congress -- Rules and practice.

eBook

Published: October 1, 2013
ISBN: 9780674428829

Hardcover

Published: February 5, 1966
ISBN: 9780674428812