Andrew Jackson and the Constitution
Subtitle: the rise and fall of generational regimes
By: Gerard N. Magliocca.
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Lawrence, Kan
Language: eng
Number of pages: 186
ISBN-13: 9780700615094
Subjects: Jackson, Andrew, -- 1767-1845; Constitutional history -- United States; United States -- Politics and government -- 1829-1837
Description: Gerard Magliocca reinterprets the legal landmarks of the Jacksonian era to demonstrate how the meaning of the Constitution evolves in a cyclical and predictable fashion. He highlights the ideological battles fought by Jacksonian Democrats against Federalists and Republicans over states' rights, presidential authority, the scope of federal power, and other issues. By doing so he shows how presidential politics, Supreme Court decisions, and congressional maneuverings interweave, creating a recurrent pattern of constitutional change.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : on the constitutional rhythm; title: The rise of Jacksonian democracy; title: Presidential reconstruction; title: Judicial resistance : Worcester v. Georgia; title: The bank veto and the election of 1832; title: Triumph and tears; title: Chance and the Whig false positive; title: The rise of the abolitionist movement; title: Judicial resistance : Dred Scott v. Sandford; title: The Fourteenth Amendment in Jackson's shadow; title: Conclusion : in search of the missing constitution.