Constitutional Revolution

Barry Cushman and G. Edward (Teddy) White agree on at least this much, namely, that the “constitutional revolution” of the early twentieth century cannot be satisfactorily explained as a short term judicial response to external political pressures generated by the New Deal.  In a six-page, single-spaced summary, describe how each does account for it. This paper is due no later than the end of class, our last day of instruction.

Relevant readings for Cushman’s account:

Preface vii

Intro 3-7

All of Part IV, but especially Chapter 12

Relevant readings for White’s account:

Intro 1-10 all –but do see the discussion of modernity and modernism on pp. 5-7,9,10

Part I COMPLICATING THE CONVENTIONAL ACCOUNT 11-12* 

CHAPTER 1 THE CONVENTIONAL ACCOUNT 13-32**

CHAPTER 6 – all –

CHAPTER 7 – all – 

Index: see the entries under “Cushman, Barry”

*See especially the first paragraph of page 11 and the last paragraph of page 12.

** See particularly the references to “historiography” (the writing of history); see the ‘three versions’ discussed throughout, and note what each version is about, but do not spend a lot of time on what books discuss each version.