Title: Andrew Jackson and the Constitution
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.
Subjects: Constitutional history, Politics and government, Jackson, andrew, 1767-1845, Constitutional history, united states, United states, politics and government, 1815-1861
Places: United States
People: Andrew Jackson (1767-1845)
Time periods: 1829-1837