"American National Government Under the Constitution of the
            United States."

I.  The Original Scheme of National Government--The Scheme of
    National Government Provided for in the U.S. Constitution,
    as Proposed by the Federal Constitutional Convention and
    Ratified by the 13 States

      A.  The U.S. Congress--A Bicameral National Legislature
          1.  The U.S. House of Representatives--The Lower House
          2.  The U.S. Senate--The Upper House
          3.  The Power of Absolute Veto Over National Legisla-
              tion
          4.  The Constitutional Powers of Congress
              a.  Power to Regulate Interstate and Foreign Com-
                  merce
              b.  Power to Lay and Collect Taxes
                  (1)  Indirect Taxes
                      (a)  Excise Taxes
                      (b)  Import Taxes
                  (2)  Direct Taxes
                      (a)  Capitation Taxes
                      (b)  Land Taxes

      B.  The President of the U.S.A.--The National Chief Execu-
          tive
          1.  Unitary Executive
              a.  A Single Top Executive Officer
              b.  The Unitary Executive--Sources of the Idea in
                  Past Political Experience
          2.  How the President Was to Be Chosen
              a.  Indirect Election
              b.  The Electoral College
              c.  Election of Presidential Electors
                  (1)  Presidential Electors to Be Chosen by
                       State Legislatures
              d.  The Power and Function of Presidential Electors
                  (1)  Presidential Electors to Be Independent
                       Decisionmakers in Voting for President
              e.  Presidential Electors and Incumbent Members of
                  Congress
          3.  The President's Tenure of Office
          4.  The President's Veto Power Over National Legisla-
              tion
          5.  The President's Treatymaking Power

      C.  The Federal Judiciary--The U.S. Courts
          1.  Composition, or Makeup, of the Judicial Branch of
              the National Government
          2.  Federal Courts and State Courts--Separate Jurisdic-
              tions
          3.  The Power and Position of the U.S. Supreme Court
          4.  How the Federal Judges Were to Be Chosen
          5.  Federal Judges' Terms of Office

      D.  The National Supremacy Clause
          1.  The Supreme Law of the Land
          2.  How the Clause Bound the State Courts

      E.  Amending the U.S. Constitution
          1.  Two Methods of Proposing Federal Constitutional
              Amendments
              a.  Proposal by Congress
              b.  Proposal by a Federal Constitutional Convention
          2.  Two Methods of Ratifying Federal Constitutional
              Amendments
              a.  Ratification by State Legislatures
              b.  Ratification by State Conventions
          3.  The Entrenched Clause

II.  The Contemporary Scheme of National Government Under The
     U.S. Constitution

      A.  The Seventeenth Amendment and Direct Popular Election
          of U.S. Senators

      B.  The Electoral College
          1.  Direct Popular Election of Presidential Electors
          2.  Political Tradition and the Voting Behavior of
              Presidential Electors

      C.  Popular, or Democratic, Elements of the U.S. National
          Government
          1.  The Framers' Original Design
          2.  The U.S. National Government Today