The Constitution in Congress: Democrats and Whigs, 1829-1861

The Constitution in Congress series has been called nothing less than a biography of the US Constitution for its in—depth examination of the role that the legislative and executive branches have played in the development of constitutional interpretation. This third volume in the series, the early installments of which dealt with the Federalist and Jeffersonian eras, continues this examination with the Jacksonian revolution of 1829 and subsequent efforts by Democrats to dismantle Henry Clay’...