Enforcing the Equal Protection Clause : Congressional Power, Judicial Doctrine, and Constitutional Law.

Cover -- Contents -- Preface: Introducing the Enforcement Power -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Why the Enforcement Power, and Why Now? -- PART I. HOW WE GOT HERE: A BRIEF HISTORY OF EQUAL PROTECTION AND THE ENFORCEMENT POWER -- 1. Equal Protection before the Modern Era -- 2. The Rise and Fall of Carolene Products -- 3. A Historical Introduction to the Enforcement Power -- PART II. WHERE WE ARE NOW: THE ENFORCEMENT POWER IN TODAY'S COURT -- 4. The Modern Enforcement Power: Principles and Paradoxes -- 5. Constitutional Law and Legislative Policy -- PART III. WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT: CONSTRUCTING A MODERN ENFORCEMENT POWER -- 6. Refocusing Congruence and Proportionality -- 7. The Deference Question -- 8. An Aside on State Action -- PART IV. APPLYING THE FIX: EQUAL PROTECTION AND BEYOND -- 9. Irrationality, Animus, and Deference -- 10. Beyond Irrationality and Animus: The Enforcement Power in Other Contexts -- Conclusion: An Enforcement Power for a Twenty-First-Century Constitutional Democracy -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- About the Author.

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