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immunity from prosecution,
44–45

Granholm, Jennifer,
455
,
471

Grant, Ulysses S.,
262
,
264
,
355
,
379
,
400

Grapes of Wrath, The
,
247

great ordainment debate (1787–1788),
54

Griffin v. California
,
106

Griswold, Erwin,
152

Griswold v. Connecticut
,
117–121
,
126
,
127
,
129
,
153–154
,
163
,
291–292

Group of Twenty (G-20),
484

Hamilton, Alexander,
13
,
17
n
,
40
n
,
290–291
,
307
,
322
,
325
,
476

    
as Publius,
42
,
62
,
209
,
311
,
314
,
320
,
327
,
485

Hancock, John,
394

Harlan II, John Marshall,
118–122
,
126
,
128
,
129–130
,
273

Harper v. Virginia
,
185
,
191
,
192
,
195–196
,
198
,
225
,
227
,
230
,
288
,
406
n

Harvard University,
122

Hatch, Orrin,
455–456
,
471

Hawaii,
456

Helms, Jesse,
374

Helper, Hinton

    
and
The Impending Crisis
,
32
n

Hendricks, Thomas,
4

Henry, Patrick,
62
,
394

Hepburn, Katharine,
297

Hitler, Adolf,
483

Homestead Act,
129

House of Commons (England),
359
,
454

House of Representatives, U.S.,
26
,
35
,
81–82
,
see also
Congress

    
and Clinton impeachment,
372

    
and Johnson impeachment,
3

    
and majority rule,
361–362
,
366–367

    
Manual of,
67

    
Reconstruction era,
151
,
401

    
replacement and number of representatives in,
346–353
,
410
,
413

    
speaker of,
17
,
19
,
383
,
404

    
terms of representatives,
351

    
and voting rights,
183
,
188

Howard, Jacob,
157

Hughes, Charles Evans,
16
,
462
n

Illinois,
32
,
267
,
458

immigrant rights,
451–454
,
456

Impeachment Trial of Andrew Johnson (1868), The,
1

In re Winship
,
113–114
,
115
,
423
,
444

Income Tax Amendment,
274

Independence Hall,
253
,
255
,
260
,
420
,
422

independent agencies,
369
,
371
,
381–386
,
409–410
,
416
,
430

Independent Counsel Act,
375

independent counsels,
369
,
372–373
,
375–376
,
378
,
386

India,
245
,
485

INS v. Chadha
,
371–372

international law,
482

Interstate Commerce Commission,
409

Iowa,
115

Iredell, James,
327

Israel,
464

Jackson, Andrew,
324
n
,
391

Jackson Democrats,
397

Jackson, William
65
,
66

James II, King of England,
423

Jaworski, Leon,
377

Jay, John,
16
,
251–252
,
317
,
485

Jay Treaty,
317–318
,
331
,
342

Jefferson, Thomas,
3–4
,
44
,
169
,
250
,
254
,
263
,
265–266
,
290–291
,
320
,
358
,
391
,
404

    
and John Adams,
389
,
391–393
,
396

    
and Louisiana Purchase,
317

    
as president,
395
,
414
,
416

    
as secretary of state,
17
n
,
325
,
330–331

    
and Senate,
365

    
and separation of church and state,
219–221

    
and Supreme Court,
355

Jesus,
64
,
71
,
74
,
75
,
76
,
309

Jim Crow laws,
141
,
143
,
145–149
,
197
,
212–213
,
215
,
268
,
273
,
293
,
303

Johnson, Andrew,
41
n
,
82
,
83
,
164
,
267
,
355
,
399–400

    
impeachment of,
1
,
3–6
,
15–20
,
192
,
372
n
,
420
n

Johnson, Lyndon,
198
,
214
,
267
,
414

Johnson, Reverdy,
4

Johnson v. Zerbst
,
111–112
,
153

Johnson, William Samuel,
9

Johnston, Samuel,
43

Jones v. Alfred Mayer
,
235

judges,
8
,
15
,
204

    
decision-making process of,
445–448

    
and ex-post-facto laws,
9

    
federal,
13

    
free speech of,
39–40

    
definition of,
21

    
and judicial compensation,
20

    
and “the rule of necessity,”
18

    
sworn oath of,
207

Judicial Article,
see
Article III

“judicial lock-in,”
137

Jungle, The
,
247

juries, jury,
422–426
,
434–438
,
473

    
and peremptory challenges,
440–441

    
unanimity of,
442

    
size of,
443–444

Justice Department,
115
,
190
,
226
,
372
,
376
,
439
,
471

Kagan, Elena,
267
n

Kansas Territory,
160
n

Katz v. United States
,
127–128
,
163

Kelo, Susette,
131–132

Kelo v. City of New London
,
131–132

Kennedy, Anthony,
122
,
130
,
195
n

Kennedy, John F.,
17
,
265–267
,
377
,
407

King, Bernice,
269

King, Dexter,
269

King Jr., Martin Luther,
214–215
,
266–267
,
296
,
482–483

    
and “I Have a Dream” speech,
247–252
,
264
,
269–270

Kissinger, Henry,
316
,
455

Knox, Henry,
307

Knox, Philander,
379

Kramer v. Union Free School District
,
186
,
189
,
192
,
195
,
225
,
227
,
288

Lawrence v. Texas
,
122
,
130
,
154
,
230

Leahy, Patrick,
455

Lee, Robert E.
262

Legal Service Corporation,
195

Legal Services Corporation v. Velazquez
,
195
n

Legislative Article,
see
Article I

legislative veto,
369–373
,
386

Lewinsky, Monica,
118

Lewis, John,
267

Lincoln, Abraham,
16
,
38
,
42
,
85
,
90
,
173
,
254
,
391
,
414

    
on Chase, Samuel P.,
14–15

    
and Civil Rights Act (1867),
187

    
on
Dred Scott v. Sanford
,
271

    
and Emancipation Proclamation,
86

    
and Gettysburg Address,
150
,
263
,
243
,
247–248
,
250–252
,
263–267
,
272

    
and Northwest Ordinance,
262

    
vice presidents of,
3–4
,
6
,
41
n

Lincoln, Levi,
341

Lincoln Memorial,
215

lived rights,
97
,
103
,
116–117

Livingston, Robert,
317

Lochner v. New York
,
119
,
121
,
126
,
130
,
162–163
,
179
,
270
,
273–274

Locke, John,
8
,
358

Lolita
,
247

Louis XVI, King of France,
315–316

Louis XVII, King of France,
316

Louisiana Purchase,
312
,
317

Loving v. Virginia
,
214

Loyalists (political party),
394

Luther v. Borden
,
191–192

Maclay, William,
329

Madison, Dolly,
290

Madison, James,
13
,
17
,
26
,
34
,
53
,
55
,
169
,
320
,
324
,
337–338
,
397
,
476

    
and First Amendment,
395

    
and Jay Treaty,
342

    
as Publius,
62
,
210
,
250–251
,
253–254
,
420
,
483
,
485

Magna Carta,
261

Maine,
105

majority rule,
51
,
56–63
,
80
,
135
,
225–226
,
357–369
,
415
,
460
,
464
,
474
n

Malloy v. Hogan
,
153

Manual of Parliamentary Practice for the Use of the Senate of the United States
(Jefferson),
365

Mapp v. Ohio
,
115
,
153
,
172
,
173–174
,
176
,
179
,
180
,
183
,
230

Marbury v. Madison
,
22
,
44
,
152
,
205
,
208
,
211
,
237–238
,
256–257
,
340–341
,
421

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