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| * Indicates new reading | |
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| The Setting of the American System | |
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| Constitutional Government | |
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| Topic: Constitutional Democracy: The Rule of Law | |
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| Second Treatise, Of Civil Government | |
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| Topic: Framing the Constitution: Elitist or Democratic Process? | |
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| The Founding Fathers: A Reform Caucus in Action | |
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| Framing the Constitution | |
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| Topic: Limitation of Governmental Power and of Majority Rule | |
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| Federalist 47, 48, 51 | |
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| Topic: Interpreting the Constitution | |
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| How Not to Read the Constitution | |
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| Federalism | |
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| Topic: Constitutional Background: National Versus State Power | |
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| Federalist 16, 17 | |
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| Federalist 44 | |
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| Federalist 45 | |
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| Federalist 39 | |
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| The Merits of the Federal System | |
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| Topic: Implied Powers and the Supremacy of National Law | |
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| 4 Wheaton 316 (1819) | |
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| 9 Wheaton 1 (1824) | |
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| Topic: National Power over the States: A Recurring Constitutional Debate | |
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| United States v. Morrison, 529 U.S. 59 (2000) | |
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| Topic: What State Actions Are Beyond Federal Regulation? California�s Medical Marijuana Law | |
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| U.S. Supreme Court (2005) | |
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| Topic:Gibbons v. OgdenRevisited: Federalism and the Commerce Clause | |
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| 317 U.S. 111 (1942)* | |
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| Civil Liberties and Civil Rights | |
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| Topic: Constitutional Background | |
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| Antifederalist Paper No. 84, On the Lack of a Bill of Rights | |
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| Topic: The Nationalization of the Bill of Rights: The Fourteenth Amendment | |
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| 372 U.S. 335 (1963) | |
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| Topic: Freedom of Speech and Press | |
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| The Need to Maintain a Free Marketplace of Ideas, Abrams v. United States 250 U.S. 616 (1919) | |
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| Topic: Expanding the Boundaries of Permissible Criticism of Government and Public Officials | |
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| New York Times Co. v. Sullivan 376 U.S 254 (1964) | |
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| Topic: Equal Protection of the Laws: School Desegregation | |
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| Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 U.S. 537 (1896) | |
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| Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka 347 U.S. 483 (1954) | |
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| Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka 349 U.S. 294 (1955) | |
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| Topic: The Constitutional Right to Vote | |
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| Gomillion v. Lightfoot, 364 U.S. 339 (1960) | |
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| Topic: The Judicial Sources of Political Controversies over Civil Liberties and Rights: The Establishment Clause and the Issue of School Prayer | |
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| Engel v. Vitale, 370 U.S. 421 (1962) | |
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| Topic: The Right to Privacy | |
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| The Right to Privacy | |
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| Griswold v. Connecticut, 381 U.S. 479 (1965) | |
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| Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973) | |
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| Topic: Affirmative Action | |
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| University of California Board of Regents v. Bakke, 438 U.S. 265 (1978) | |
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| Topic: Gun Control: The First Major Gun Control Case | |
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| District of Columbia v. Heller, United States Supreme Court, 2008 * | |
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| Political Parties, Electoral Behavior, and Interest Groups | |
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| Political Parties and the Electorate | |
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| Topic: Constitutional Background | |
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| Federalist 10 | |
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| Party Government | |
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| Topic: The Party Model of Government | |
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| Government by Discussion | |
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| Topic: The American Party System | |
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| Report of the Committee of Political Parties, American Political Science Association,Toward More Responsible Two Party System | |
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| Topic: Political Parties in Divided Government | |
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| Divided We Govern | |
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| Topic: Functions and Types of Elections | |
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| A Theory of Critical Elections | |
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| Topic: Voting Behavior: Rational or Irrational? | |
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| Democratic Practice and Democratic Theory | |
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| Topic: Political Campaigns and the Electorate | |
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| The Responsible Electorate | |
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| Interest Groups | |
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| Topic: Constitutional Background | |
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| Madison's Dilemma | |
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| Topic: First Amendment Barriers to the Regulation of Interest Groups and Political Parties | |
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| Buckley v. Valeo, 424 U.S. 1 (1976) | |
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| Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, United States Supreme Court, 2010 | |
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| The Democratic Paradox of Campaign Finance Reform | |
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| Topic: Group Theory: The Nature and Functions of Interest Groups | |
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| The Governmental Process | |
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| The Role of Interest Groups in Government | |
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| Topic: Money, PACs, and Elections | |
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| The Misplaced Obsession with PACs | |
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| National Government Institutions | |
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| The Presidency | |
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| Federalist 70 | |
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| George Washington and the Origins of the American Presidency* | |
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| Topic: The Nature of the Presidency: Power, Persuasion, and Paradoxes | |
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| The Presidency -- Focus of Leadership | |
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| Presidential Power | |
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| Topic: Presidential Politics: Presidential Character and Style | |
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| The Presidential Character | |
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| Topic: The Constitutional Presidency and Emergency Powers | |
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| Ex Parte Milligan 71 U.S. 2 (1866) | |
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| Topic: Presidential Power, Due Process, and the Separation of Powers in the Time of the War on Terror | |
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| Boumediene v. Bush, President of the United States, United States Supreme Court, 2008 | |
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| The Bureaucracy | |
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| Constitutional Democracy and Bureaucratic Power | |
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| Topic: The Political Roots and Consequences of Bureaucracy | |
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| The Rise of the Bureaucratic State | |
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| Congress | |
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| Topic: Constitutional Background: Representation of Popular, Group, and National Interests | |
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| Federalist 53, 56, 57, 58, 62, 63 | |
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| Topic: Congress and the Washington Political Establishment | |
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| Congressional Government | |
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| The Rise of the Washington Establishment | |
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| Topic: Committee Chairmen as Political Entrepreneurs | |
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| Congress and the Quest for Power | |
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| Topic: Congress and the Electoral Connection | |
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| Speech to the Electors of Bristol | |
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| Congress: The Electoral Connection | |
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| Home Style and Washington Career | |
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| Why I�m Leaving the Senate* | |
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| The Judiciary | |
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| Commentaries on the Laws of England 1765 | |
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| Federalist 78 | |
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| Marbury v. Madison, 1 Cranch 137 (1803) | |
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| Judicial Self-Restraint | |
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| Counsel for Defendant Borden inLuther v. Borden (1849),Why Courts Cannot Fairly Decide Political Questions | |
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| Luther v. Borden, 48 U.S. 1 (1849) | |
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| How the Supreme Court Arrives at Decisions | |
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| The Obligation to Follow Precedent* | |
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| In Re Slaughter-House Cases, 83 U.S. 36 (1873)* | |
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| Oral Argument Before the Supreme Court:McDonald v. Chicago (2010) | |
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| McDonald v. Chicago, United States Supreme Court (2010) | |
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| The Declaration of Independence | |
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| The Constitution of the United States | |