The Constitution a Reactionary Document
- Causes of political reaction [27]
- The Constitution a product of eighteenth-century [28]
- The framers' fear of democracy [29]
- Effort to limit the power of the majority [35]
The Significance of the Amendment Feature of the Constitution
- Amendment of democratic and undemocratic constitutions [40]
- Reasons for making amendment difficult [41]
- Patrick Henry's objection to the amendment feature of the Constitution [44]
- The amendments to the Constitution [52]
- Amendment of the Articles of Confederation [57]
- Amendment of the early state constitutions [58]
- Amendment in other countries [62]
The Federal Judiciary
- Relation of the judicial to the other checks [65]
- The constitutional status of judges in England [67]
- The American was not a copy of the English judicial system [68]
- Hamilton's defense of the Federal judiciary [73]
- His desire to limit the power of the people [82]
- Relation of the judicial to the executive veto [85]
- Revival of the judicial veto in the state governments [87]
- The judicial veto was not mentioned in the Constitution [90]
- The Federalist appointments to the Supreme Bench [94]
- Significance of the veto power of the Supreme Court [97]
- A monarchical survival [103]
- Political and judicial powers [107]
- Power to veto laws not judicial [108]
- Character of the laws vetoed by the Supreme Court [111]
- Decline of the belief in judicial infallibility [113]
- Government by injunction [116]
- The judicial veto in relation to treaties [119]
- The disadvantages of a deferred veto [123]
The Checks and Balances of the Constitution