The written Constitution. Upheaval : the revolutionary creation of the U.S. Constitution ; Superstructure : the framers' grand design ; Powers : the sweeping powers of Congress, the President, and the Courts ; Slavery : the Constitution's collusion with evil ; Freedoms : the enactment and meaning of the Bill of Rights
Living the Constitution. Infancy : defining controversies in the Constitution's early years (1790-1860) ; Crisis : Lincoln, the Civil War, and Reconstruction (1860-1876) ; Betrayal : the Supreme Court's abandonment of the Constitution (1876-1936) ; Restoration : the Constitution through depression, world war, and segregation (1936-1960) ; Controversy : the modern era of judicial activism (1960-today)
Lessons for the twenty-first century.
