608
Condorcet, Marie Jean Antoine
Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de, 48,
298
Confederate States of America, 322
Confederation governments, 47,
255–56, 297
Conflict of laws, 157
Congregational Church, 109, 416
Congress, United States
commerce power, 323, 496, 596
constitutional authority, 337–39
constitutional debate in, 488, 489
control of the military, 333
delegated and implied powers, 295
delegation of powers to executive
agencies and regulatory
commissions, 341–47
expanded use of spending power,
324–25
independence, 334
lack of leadership, 596
power over Federal courts, 268,
506–7, 514
powers delegated to, 299–301, 303
powers of, 303–6
power to restrict Supreme Court’s
jurisdiction, 486–87, 512–13
power to tax and spend, 324–25,
398–99
prohibition against the diminution
of judicial salaries, 508
Congressional Government (Wilson), 338
Congressional Pay Amendment,
591–94
Congress of Vienna, 54
Connecticut
claim of western lands, 152–53
colonial government, 98
state constitution, 144, 148
Connecticut, Fundamental Orders of,
89, 168–70
Connecticut Compromise, 241–42
Index
Consent, government by, 139
Conservative party, 31
Considerations on the Grandeur of the
Romans and Their Decline
(Montesquieu), 18
Consolidated system, of government,
256
Constituent assemblies, 481
Constitutional courts, 505–6
Constitutional government
meaning of, 2–9, 140
as product of natural law tradition,
127
Constitutional liberty, struggle for,
39–47
Constitutional Limitations (Cooley), 354
Constitutional (Philadelphia)
Convention of 1787, 9, 10, 163–64
achievement, 241–42
compromise, 263–69
consensus, 269–73
debate over slavery, 270–72
delegates to, 246–53
difficulties, 244–46
and issue of representation, 264
jealousy between large and small
states, 270
as ‘‘the Miracle of Philadelphia,’’
272
objectives, 243
states represented, 242
‘‘The Constitution and the Bill of
Rights’’ (Storing), 461
The Constitution of Liberty (Hayek), 347
Constitution of the United States of
America
as act of people, 353
amending, 295, 310–11, 464, 487–88,
551, 560–63
basic principles, 351–54
as a bill of rights, 403
celebration of, 405