Examples & Explanations for Constitutional Law: National Power and Federalism

Examples & Explanations: Constitutional Law: National Power and Federalism features straightforward, informal text that is never simplistic. Its unique, time-tested Examples & Explanations pedagogy combines textual material with well-written and comprehensive examples, explanations, and questions. A problem-oriented guide, it takes students through the principal doctrines of constitutional law covered in a typical course.

The unique, time-tested Examples & Explanations series is invaluable for students learning the subject from the first day of class until the last review before the final exam. Each guide:

• Presents relevant case law in a conversational style laced with humor

• Provides hypotheticals similar to those presented in class

• Helps students learn new material by working through chapters that explain each topic in simple language

• Provides valuable opportunity to study for the final exam by reviewing the hypotheticals as well as the structure and reasoning behind the corresponding analysis

• Works with all the major casebooks and suits any class on a given topic

• Remains a favorite among law school students and is often recommended by professors

New to the Eighth Edition:

• Updated examples and explanations

• Roughly 25 important new decisions from the Supreme Court’s 2016, 2017, and 2018 terms such as Trump v. Hawaii; South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc.; Sessions v. Morales-Santana; Minnesota Voters Alliance v. Mansky; Murphy v. NCAA; Patchak v. Zinke; Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbia, Inc. v. Comer