Constitutional Sleight of Hand

This brief history of implied congressional powers provides a narrative of their development in law over the past two centuries. Regardless of whether the reader is familiar with American history or constitutional law you will learn the essential background information to grasp how this body of law has come to be what it is today. 

As well as discovering a compelling story highlighting the connection that jurisprudence has to politics in this narrative of American history, from the founding to today and at every juncture, the Supreme Court, like the caboose, is hanging on and figuring stuff out along the way.