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With this purchase, you will receive access to the Connected eBook on Casebook Connect, including lifetime access to the online ebook with highlight, annotation, and search capabilities. Access also includes practice questions, an outline tool, and other helpful resources. Connected eBooks provide what you need most to be successful in your law school classes. In Processes of Constitutional Decisionmaking, an extraordinary team of authors traces the historical, political, and social development of constitutional law. Students will consider constitutional questions in a broad historical context, with cutting-edge insights from contemporary scholars. This book has been updated to include all new developments in the field, and delivers strong chapters on the constitutional treatment of race, sex, sexual orientation, civil rights, separation of powers, and federalism. New to the Eighth Edition: Expanded treatment of executive privilege and Congress’s power to investigate (Trump v. Vance and Trump v. Mazars) Expanded coverage of executive power (Seila Law LLC v. CFPB, United States v. Arthrex, and Collins v. Yellen) Expanded coverage of the Trump impeachment and the Emoluments Clauses (in the online materials) Additional coverage of voting rights (Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee) Discussion of current controversies over the revival of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) Expanded coverage of abortion rights (June Medical Services L.L.C. et al. v. Russo), LGBTQ rights (Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia), and the relationship between LGBTQ rights and religious liberty (Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, Fulton v. City of Philadelphia) A new online section of the casebook contains materials on Ch.5: Modern Contract Clause Doctrine and Takings Clause Doctrine Ch.6: Presidential Impeachment and The Emoluments Clauses Ch.7: Trump v. Hawaii Ch.10: The Procedural Due Process Protection of Entitlements and Other Nontraditional Property and Liberty I