Constitutional law / Kathleen M. Sullivan, Partner, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, Former Professor of Law and Dean of the School of Law, Stanford University, Former Professor of Law, Harvard University; Noah Feldman, Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law, Harvard University.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The Supreme Court's authority and role -- Federalism : history and principles -- The commerce power and its federalism-based limits -- The national taxing and spending powers and their federalism-based limits -- Federal limits on State regulation of interstate commerce -- Separation of powers -- The Post-Civil War Amendments and the "Incorporation" of fundamental rights -- Due process -- Equal protection -- Congress's Civil Rights enforcement powers -- Freedom of Speech : categories of Speech : degrees of protected expression -- Freedom of Speech : modes of regulation and standards of review -- Beyond speaking : compelled Speech, association, money, and the media -- The religion clauses : free exercise and establishment.