pt. 1. Sovereign states: The beginnings ; The state ; The Articles of Confederation ; "We the people" ; The states in the Constitution ; The prophetic Mr. Henry. The states ratify -- pt. 2. The right to interpose: A cast of characters ; The Chisholm case ; Debt assumption ; The Kentucky and Virginia resolutions ; Mr. Madison's report of 1799 -- pt. 3. The states fight back: The Olmstead case ; The case of the lands of Lord Fairfax ; The embargo crisis ; Matters of the militia ; Events of 1814 ; The Hartford Convention ; The Bank of the United States ; Internal improvements ; Kentucky vs. the Court ; Georgia vs. the Court ; Calhoun and nullification ; The case for nullification ; The personal liberty laws ; The obligation of contracts ; After the war ; The Reconstruction cases ; The Commerce clause (commenced) ; Interlude in a speakeasy ; The Commerce clause (continued) -- pt. 4. The states today: The Southern States ; Some notes of the Fourteenth Amendment ; Some notes on police power ; The transcendent issue.
