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| Preface | |
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| Topic Guide | |
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| Selected World Wide Web Sites | |
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| Foundations of American Politics | |
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| Unit Overview | |
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| Basic Documents | |
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| The Declaration of Independence, 1776, Thomas Jefferson, The Declaration of Independence | |
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| The Constitution of the United States, 1787, The Constitution of the U.S. | |
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| The Size and Variety of the Union as a Check on Faction, James Madison, The Federalist Papers, No. 10, 1787 | |
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| Checks and Balances, James Madison, The Federalist Papers, No. 51, 1787 | |
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| Contemporary Views and Values | |
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| Dawn of the Daddy State, Paul Starobin, The Atlantic Monthly, June 2004 | |
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| Ever Higher Society, Ever Harder to Ascend, The Economist, January 1, 2005 | |
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| Party On, Dudes! Ignorance Is the Curse of the Information Age, Matthew Robinson, The American Spectator, March/April 2002 | |
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| Federalism's Ups and Downs, Carl Tubbesing, State Legislatures, February 2002 | |
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| Choice Language, Sarah Blustain, The American Prospect, December 2004 | |
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| Constitutional and Legal Matters | |
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| Rights, Liberties, and Security: Recalibrating the Balance After September 11, Stuart Taylor Jr., Brookings Review, Winter 2003 | |
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| On America's Double Standard, Harold Hongju Koh, The American Prospect, October 2004 | |
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| Winks, Nods, Disguises-and Racial Preference, Carl Cohen, Commentary, September 2003 | |
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| Dire Straights, Jonathan Rauch, The Washington Monthly, April 2004 | |
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| Bush Zones Go National, Jim Hightower, The Nation, August 16-23, 2004 | |