The Role of the Supreme Court in American Government and Politics 1835 1864 1st editon by Charles Grove Haines 0520350367 9780520350366

CHAPTER I

THE PRINCIPLES AND POLICIES OF THE JACKSONIAN DEMOCRATS

The Impact of Political Trends upon Legal and Political Thinking from 1800 to 1840

THE SUPREME COURT AND JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY

ROGER BROOKE TANEY BECOMES CHIEF JUSTICE

JUSTICE JOSEPH P. STORY AND HIS CONSTITUTIONAL DOCTRINES

CHAPTER II

Proprietors of the Charles River Bridge v. Proprietors of the Warren Bridge and Others69

City of New York v. Miln86

Briscoe v. Bank of Kentucky100

CHAPTER III

BANK OF AUGUSTA V. EARLE

LOUISVILLE, CINCINNATI, AND CHARLESTON RAIL-ROAD CO. V. LETSON

Marshall v. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Co.164

CHAPTER IV

UNITED STATES V. THE AMISTAD196

Groves v. Slaughter230

Rowan et al. v. Runnels77

THE STATUS OF FUGITIVE SLAVES AND THE ATTITUDE OF THE SUPREME COURT

CHAPTER V

THE LICENSE CASES

The Passenger Cases306

Cooley v. Board of Wardens of the Port of Philadelphia341

PENNSYLVANIA v. WHEELING AND BELMONT BRIDGE Co.352

UNITED STATES v. MARIGOLD”

Veazie et al. v. Moor366

CHAPTER VI

THE FISCAL BANK BILL

THE BANKRUPTCY ACT

Peck v. Jenness16

Holmes v. Jennison400

UNITED STATES V. GRATIOT54

POLLARD V. HAGAN55

MARTIN V. WADDELL’S LESSEE58

Dobbins v. Commissioners of Erie County60

THE HABEAS CORPUS BILL

THE BOOTH CASES AND THE POWER OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT To ENFORCE ITS LAWS WITHOUT STATE INTERFERENCE

CHAPTER VII

PROCEDURE FOR SETTLING CONTROVERSIES BETWEEN STATES UNDER THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION

THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION AND THE SETTLEMENT OF INTERSTATE DISPUTES

THE CONTROVERSY BETWEEN NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY

BOUNDARY DISPUTES BETWEEN RHODE ISLAND AND MASSACHUSETTS

OTHER CASES INVOLVING BOUNDARY DISPUTES PRESENTED TO THE SUPREME COURT BEFORE THE CIVIL WAR

CHAPTER VIII

JUDICIAL SUPERVISION OF THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT

THE FEDERAL JUDICIAL POWER IN ITS RELATION TO THE STATES

THE SOURCES OF JUDICIAL POWER AND THE EXTENT OF LEGISLATIVE

CHAPTER IX

STATE BANKRUPTCY LEGISLATION AND THE RIGHTS OF PRIVATE

STATE CONTRACTS WITH CORPORATIONS

STATE REGULATION OF BANKS

THE OHIO BANK TAX EXEMPTION CONTROVERSY

CHAPTER X

THE MAJORITY OPINIONS

THE DISSENTERS

THE SEQUEL AND EVALUATION OF THE CASE

CHAPTER XI

LINCOLN’S VIEWS ON THE ROLE OF THE JUDICIARY IN AMERICAN GOVERNMENT

REPUBLICAN STRATEGY UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF LINCOLN

WARTIME EXECUTIVE DOMINATION OF THE COURT AND CURTAILMENT OF JUDICIAL POWER As REVEALED IN Ex PARTE MERRYMAN

CHAPTER XII

THE BLOCKADE OF SOUTHERN PORTS

JUDICIAL CAPITULATION TO THE EXECUTIVE

TANEY’S RESISTANCE TO EXECUTIVE DOMINATION OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

CHAPTER XIII

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE FEDERAL AND THE STATE GOVERNMENTS

THE PROTECTION OF VESTED PROPERTY RIGHTS AND THE RIGHTS OF

JUDICIAL SUPREMACY AND THE DOCTRINE OF THE SEPARATION OF

Table of Cases

Index