Reading Between the Lines, Part 2 (LAW-CONST2)
Continuing the holistic method, this lecture extends McCulloch v. Maryland to state taxation of national banks, connecting it to the dormant commerce clause. It explores free speech in 1850 through popular sovereignty, arguing that a part cannot govern the whole and no one can judge their own case.
PhilosophyHistoryHolistic InterpretationDormant Commerce ClausePopular SovereigntyFree Speech History
Can North Carolina jail a speaker for criticizing slavery, or a state indict a sitting president? Akhil Reed Amar answers both with a single structural principle.
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