Edited by Mark Tushnet, William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law, Harvard Law School, Edited by Mark A. Graber, Professor of Law and Government, University of Maryland, Francis King Carey School of Law, and Edited by Sanford Levinson, W. St. John Garwood and W. St. John Garwood, Jr. Centennial Chair in Law, The University of Texas Law School

Mark Tushnet is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. He is the co-author of a number of books, including the most widely used casebook on constitutional law, Constitutional Law (with Stone, Seidman, and Sunstein). Professor Tushnet is the former president of the American Association of Law Schools.

Mark A. Graber is the Jacob A. France Professor of Constitutionalism at the University of Maryland's Francis King Carey School of Law. Professor Graber is the author of many books and articles focusing on American constitutional law, development, theory, and politics. He is the author of A New Introduction to American Constitutionalism (Oxford 2013); Dred Scott and the Problem of Constitutional Evil (2006); Rethinking Abortion (1996). Professor Graber is the former section head of the Law and Courts section the APSA and the Constitutional Law Section of the American Association of Law Schools.

Sanford Levinson holds the W. St. John Garwood and W. St. John Garwood, Jr. Centennial Chair in Law at the University of Texas Law School, Austin. His books include: Framed: America's 51 Constitutions and the Crisis of Governance (Oxford, 2013); Our Undemocratic Constitution: Where the Constitution Goes Wrong (And How We the People Can Correct It) (Oxford, 2008); Constitutional Faith; Wrestling with Diversity. Professor Levinson received the Lifetime Achievement Award presented by the Law and Courts Section of the American Political Science Association in 2010.

List of Contributors

Jenna Bednar, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Michigan

Michael Les Benedict, Emeritus of American Legal and Constitutional History and U.S. Constitutional Law, Department of History, Ohio State University

Elizabeth Beaumont, Associate Professor of Politics and Director of Legal Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz

Mark E. Brandon, Dean Brandon was named Dean and Thomas E. McMillan Professor of Law, University of Alabama School of Law

Dale Carpenter, Distinguished University Teaching Professor; Earl R. Larson Professor of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Law, University of Minnesota Law School

Saul Cornell, Paul and Diane Guenther Chair in American History, Fordham University

Justin Crowe, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Williams College

Neal Devins, Goodrich Professor of Law, Cabell Research Professor, Professor of Government, Director, Institute of Bill of Rights Law and Director, Election Law Program, Department of Arts & Sciences, Government, College of William & Mary

John Dinan, Professor, Department of Politics and International Affairs, Wake Forest University

Stephen M. Feldman, Jerry W. Housel and Carl F. Arnold Distinguished Professor of Law, Adjunct Professor of Political Science, University of Wyoming College of Law

James E. Fleming, The Honorable Frank R. Kenison Distinguished Scholar in Law, Associate Dean, Intellectual Life, Professor of Law, Boston University School of Law

Matthew L.M. Fletcher, Professor of Law & Director of the Indigenous Law & Policy Center, Michigan State University College of Law

Leslie F. Goldstein, Judge Hugh M. Morris Professor Emerita of Political Science and International Relations, University of Delaware

Jamal Greene, Vice Dean and Professor of Law, Columbia Law School

Michael S. Greve, Professor of Law, George Mason University School of Law

Stephen M. Griffin, W.R. Irby Chair and Rutledge C. Clement, Jr. in Constitutional Law, Tulane University Law School

Oren Gross, Irving Younger Professor of Law and the Director of the Institute for International Legal & Security Studies, University of Minnesota Law School

Paul D. Halliday, Julian Bishko Professor of History & Professor of Law, Corcoran Department of History, University of Virginia

Vicki C. Jackson, Thurgood Marshall Professor of Constitutional Law, Harvard Law School

Paul W. Kahn, Robert W. Winner Professor of Law and the Humanities, and Director of the Orville H. Schell, Jr. Center for International Human Rights, Yale Law School

Ellen D. Katz, Ralph W. Aigler Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School

Thomas M. Keck, Michael O. Sawyer Chair of Constitutional Law & Politics and Professor of Political Science, Syracuse University

Ken I. Kersch, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Boston College

Heinz Klug, Evjue-Bascom Professor in Law; Director, Global Legal Studies Center, University of Wisconsin Law School

Neil Komesar, Miller Professor of Law Emeritus, University of Wisconsin Law School

Linda C. McClain, Paul M. Siskind Research Scholar Professor of Law, Boston University School of Law

Gerard N. Magliocca, Samuel R. Rosen Professor of Law, Indiana University, Robert H. McKinney School of Law

Gillian E. Metzger, Stanley H. Fuld Professor of Law, Columbia Law School

Wayne D Moore, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Virginia Tech

Russell Muirhead, Robert Clements Professor of Democracy and Politics, and Associate Professor of Government, Dartmouth College

Gerald L. Neuman, J. Sinclair Armstrong Professor of International, Foreign, and Comparative Law, Harvard Law School

Julie Novkov, Chair, Department of Political Science, Professor of Political Science and Women's Studies, SUNY Albany

Lucas A. Powe Jr., Anne Green Regents Chair in Law, Professor of Government, School of Law, University of Texas at Austin Purdy, Robinson O. Everett Professor of Law, Duke Law

David Brian Robertson, Curators Teaching Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Missouri-St. Louis

Nancy L. Rosenblum, Senator Joseph Clark Professor of Ethics in Politics and Government
Political Theory, Department of Government, Harvard University

Girardeau A. Spann, James and Catherine Denny Professor of Law, Georgetown Law School

Maxwell L. Stearns, Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development, Professor of Law and Marbury Research Professor, Francis King Carey School of Law, University of Maryland

Bartholomew H. Sparrow, Department of Government, University of Texas at Austin

Carol S. Steiker, Henry J. Friendly Professor of Law, Special Advisor for Public Service, Harvard Law School

David A. Strauss , Gerald Ratner Distinguished Service Professor of Law, University of Chicago Law School

Winnifred F Sullivan, Professor, Department Chair, Department of Religious Studies, Maurer School of Law, Indiana University, Bloomington

Mark Tushnet, William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law, Harvard Law School

Adrian Vermeule, John H. Watson, Jr. Professor of Law, Harvard Law School

Bill White Chairman, Lazard, Houston Financial Advisory

Keith E. Whittington, William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Politics, Princeton University

Ernest A. Young, Alston & Bird Professor of Law, Duke Law

Emily Zackin, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Hunter College

Mariah Zeisberg, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Michigan

"The American experience has long been central to global conversations about constitutional law and politics. Whether the United States is viewed as a model or anti-model of comparative experience, engaging with the American case is part of the grammar of contemporary constitutional practice. This outstanding Handbook is an indispensable resource for scholars and practitioners seeking to orient themselves to the American constitutional project. The superb contributions span an extraordinarily wide array of topics and disciplinary approaches, and will stand the test of time as important pieces of scholarship. As a collection, they are every bit as rich and diverse as American constitutionalism itself. Every serious student of constitutional law and politics will profit enormously from closely studying this landmark volume." -Sujit Choudhry, I. Michael Heyman Professor of Law, University of California, Berkeley, School of Law"

"The editors have assembled a diverse set of eminent political scientists and legal thinkers to reflect on aspects of the US Constitution over its entire history. No substantial issue is neglected and many points of view are argued and argued well. The range of topics and depth of treatment are equally impressive as is the sense the achievements of the Constitution are likely to remain an open and fertile issue at least for another quarter millennium. After that we may be able to agree." -John Ferejohn, Samuel Tilden Professor of Law, New York University Law School"

"These extraordinary scholars" - established and rising stars

"This impressive tome, edited by distinguished and prolific law professors Tushnet (Harvard Law School), Graber (Univ. of Maryland's Francis King Carey School of Law), and Levinson (Univ. of Texas Law School, Austin) consists of an introduction and 47 concise, well-edited essays. Notable law professors, political scientists, historians, and other scholars from a wide variety of institutions offer summaries of existing scholarship on numerous issues, accompanied by footnotes and bibliographical information. The handbook will be an essential resource for those seeking balanced and informative introductions to broader, fundamental constitutional questions. Essential." -J. R. Vile, Middle Tennessee State University, Choice "