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"This is the untold story of the most celebrated part of the Constitution. Until the twentieth century, few Americans called the first ten amendments the Bill of Rights. When they did after 1900, the Bill of Rights was usually invoked to increase rather than limit federal authority"--

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Group Think -- 2. Franklin College -- 3. Lawyer and Whig -- 4. Republican Congressman -- 5. And the war came -- 6. The trial of the century -- 7. The fourteenth amendment -- 8. Reconstruction and impeachment -- 9. Farewell to washington -- 10. Ambassador -- 11. Obscurity -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the author

Introduction : on constitutional failure -- Constructing reconstruction -- The rise of populism -- Resistance North and South -- The Supreme Court intervenes -- The election of 1896 -- A new constitutional regime -- The progressive correction -- Conclusion : what is constitutional failure?