Abstract
Table of Contents: What made the Constitution: revolution and confederation, Federalism vs. Nationalism at the Philadelphia convention, Selling the Constitution, Judges: Power-hungry from the beginning, The imperial judiciary: it started with Marshall, Undoing Marshall and undoing the Union, The war for Southern independence as a constitutional crisis, The pro-segregation Supreme Court, The court vs. FDR, The grand wizard's imperial court, The court on pornography, crime, and race, The court's brave new world: from affirmative action to sodomy