Pt. I, The problem: character and dimensions : -- 1. Introduction: crisis and discord -- 2. Constitutional settlements: a framework for analysis; -- Pt. II, The problem in origins : -- 3. Trial and error, 1789-1801 -- 4. The emerging theories; -- Pt. III, Congressional practice in the nineteenth century : -- 5. The Jeffersonian system: the Anderson contempt motion in the house, 1818 -- 6. Stress of war: the Oath of Office Act of 1862 -- 7. The Marshallian System: the Sherman Act of 1890; -- Pt. IV, Practice in the modern congress : -- 8. Federalism in crisis: the Bituminous Coal Conservation Act of 1935 -- 9. Separation of powers in the administrative state: the Reorganization Act of 1939 -- 10. Separation of Powers in the Cold War: the Middle East Resolution of 1957 -- 11. Amendment by default: the twenty-second amendment in congress, 1947 -- 12. Individual rights and national insecurity: the Communist Control Act of 1954 -- 13. Congress in dilemma: the Jenner-Butler Bill in the Senate, 1957-1958 -- 14. Enter the executive: the Public-Accommodations Title of the 1964 Civil Rights Act -- 15. Congress and the Constitution.