620
Madison, James (continued)
portrait of by Chester Harding, 250
support for Establishment Clause,
415, 417
Virginia Declaration of Rights, 150
Virginia Plan, 257, 259
in the Virginia Ratifying
Convention, 461
Virginia Resolutions of 1798,
492–94
and writing of State constitution,
142
Magna Charta, 6, 26, 348
bill of rights, 150, 402
chapters of, 63–74
concept of liberty in, 64, 72
equal justice concept in, 68–69
freedom of movement in, 68–69
‘‘law of the land’’ clause, 23, 572
property rights in, 66–67
taxation in, 64
trial by jury in, 68
Maine, 308
Maine, Sir Henry: Popular Government,
22
Marbury v. Madison, 119, 349, 350, 480,
481–82, 519–25
Marie Antoinette, 57
Marshall, John, 337, 519
Barron v. Baltimore, 558
on the Federalist, 379
interpretation of the Necessary and
Proper Clause, 555–56
loose constructionism, 496, 497
on Marbury v. Madison, 349, 350,
480, 481–82
on scope of Congress’s commerce
power, 556
Marshall Court, 489, 497–98
Martial law, 351
Martin, Denny, 526
Martin, Luther, 252, 255, 262
Index
Martin v. Hunter’s Lessee, 483, 485, 494,
526–32
Marx, Karl, 48, 58
Maryland
abolition of voting rights for free
blacks, 136
proposed commercial convention,
163
refusal to join confederation of
states, 152, 154
state constitution, 146, 147, 148, 150,
376
Mason, George, 249
in favor of weak central
government, 255, 259
opposition to slavery, 271, 498
participation in writing of State
constitution, 142, 148, 150
refusal to sign Constitution, 272
and Virginia Declaration of Rights,
125, 411
Massachusetts
claim of western lands, 152–53
constitution, 374–75
formation of government, 96–97
proposed amendments, 407–8
Massachusetts Centinel, 387
Massachusetts Constitution of 1778,
146
Massachusetts Constitution of 1780,
149
changes in via convention method,
150
model for separation of powers, 147
text of, 199–229
Massachusetts Government Act,
114–15
Mattox v. U.S., 549
Maxims of the Law (Bacon), 36
Mayflower Compact, 89, 96, 167
McCarthy, Eugene, 581
McCulloch v. Maryland, 497, 555