Examples & Explanations for Constitutional Law: National Power and Federalism, Tenth Edition

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Examples & Explanations for Constitutional Law: National Power and Federalism, 10th edition, by Christopher N. May, Allan Ides, and Simona Grossi, provides a clearly written, compr ehensive examination of constitutional doctrine pertaining to national power and federalism. This problem-oriented study guide provides students and teachers with a highly readable and accessible study of constitutional law. Both this book and its companion volume, Examples & Explanations for Constitutional Law: Individual Rights, combine detailed textual material with real-world examples and explanations that apply the relevant constitutional doctrine to specific fact patterns. The text operates as a readable and citable treatise on the topics covered, and the examples and explanations serve as an elaboration on that text. Its unique, time-tested Examples & Explanations pedagogy combines textual material with well-written, comprehensive and up-to-date examples, explanations and questions. A favorite among law school students, and often recommended by professors, this guide takes students through the principal doctrines of constitutional law covered in a typical course that covers the powers of the federal government and its constitutional relationship to the states.New to the Tenth Edition: Inclusion of more than 50 new Supreme Court cases, and over 15 new state and lower federal court decisions Nearly 200 Examples & Explanations, many of them new and updated Examination of the role of stare decisis, as exemplified in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Org. (2022), in overruling decisions like Roe v. Wade (1973) Discussion of the evolving “major questions doctrine” as a limitation on Congress’s power to delegate authority to federal agencies, as applied in West Virginia v. EPA (2022) and Biden v. Nebraska (2023) Expanded consideration of a President’s constitutional immunity from criminal prosecution, as delineated in Trump v. United States (2024) Exploration of the role that a state law’s extraterritorial effects may play, and when a balancing of its burdens and benefits is appropriate. under the dormant Commerce Clause, as set forth in National Pork Producers Council v. Ross (2023) Professors and students will benefit from: Hypotheticals similar to those presented in class, with structure and reasoning behind the corresponding analysis An alternative perspective to help you understand your casebook and in-class lectures Straightforward, informal text that is never simplistic, and quickly gets to the point in conversational style laced with humor Adaptability with all major Constitutional Law casebooks Authors with over 75 years of combined experience teaching Constitutional Law Show more