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The Setting Of The American System | |
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Constitutional Government | |
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Constitutional Democracy: The Rule of Law | |
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Second Treatise, Of Civil Government | |
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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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Limitation of Governmental Power and of Majority Rule | |
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Federalist 47, 48,51 | |
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Interpreting the Constitution | |
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How Not to Read the Constitution | |
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Federalism | |
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Constitutional Background: National Versus State Power | |
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Federalist 16 | |
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Federalist | |
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The Merits of the Federal System | |
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The Supremacy of National Law | |
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National Power over the States: A Recurring Constitutional Debate | |
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United States vs. Lopez | |
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A Perspective on Federalism: Present and Future | |
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The Federal System | |
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Civil Liberties and Civil Rights | |
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The Nationalization of the Bill of Rights | |
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Freedom of Speech and Press | |
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Liberty of Thought and Discussion | |
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Freedom of Expression: Regulating the Internet | |
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American Civil Liberties Union | |
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Equal Protection of the Laws: School Desegregation | |
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Board of Education of Topeka (1954) | |
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The Judicial Sources of Major Political Controversies Over Civil Liberties and Rights | |
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The establishment Clause and the Issue of School Prayer | |
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The Free Exercise of Religion | |
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City of | |
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The Right to Abortion | |
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Affirmative Action | |
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Adarand Constructors, Inc | |
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Equal Protection, Voting Rights, and Racial Gerrymandering | |
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Shaw | |
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II. Political Parties, Electoral Behavior, And Interest Groups | |
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Political Parties and the Electorate | |
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Constitutional Background | |
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Federalist | |
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E.E. Schattschneider, Party Government | |
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The Party Model of Government | |
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Toward a More Responsible Two-Party System | |
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Perspectives on American Political Parties | |
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Political Parties in Divided Government | |
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Divided We Govern | |
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Functions and Types of Elections | |
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A Theory of Critical Elections | |
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Party Decline and Electoral Decay | |
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Politics By Other Means | |
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Voting Behavior: Rational or Irrational? | |
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Democratic Practice and Democratic Theory | |
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Political Campaigns and the Electorate | |
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The Responsible Electorate | |
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Interest Groups | |
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The Nature and Functions of Interest Groups | |
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The Governmental Process | |
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The End of Liberalism: The Indictment | |
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Pressure Groups | |
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Pressure Group Politics | |
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Waltar Isaacson, Running with the PACs | |
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Money, PACs, and Elections | |
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The Misplaced Obsession with PACs | |
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Regulating Political Campaigns | |
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Campaign Finance Reform | |
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National Governmental Institutions | |
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The Presidency | |
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Constitutional Background: Single versus Plural Executive | |
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Federalist | |
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The Nature of the Presidency: Power and Persuasion | |
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Clinton Rossiter, The Presidency, - Focus of Leadership | |
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Presidential Power | |
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Presidential Politics | |
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Presidential Character and Style | |
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The Presidential Character | |
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The President and the Media | |
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The Press and the President | |
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Presidential Power in Foreign and Domestic Affairs | |
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The Two Presidencies | |
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Presidential Leadership and Political Parties | |
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The Presidency and Political Parties | |
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Presidential Politics and Responsibility | |
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Presidential Lightning Rods: The Politics of Blame Avoidance | |
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The Bureaucracy | |
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Constitutional Background | |
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Constitutional Democracy and Bureaucratic Power | |
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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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Constitutional Background: Representation of Popular, Group, and National Interests | |
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Federalist 53, 56, 57, 58, 62,63 | |
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Congress and the Washington Political Establishment | |
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Committee Chairmen as Political Entrepreneurs | |
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Congress and the Quest for Power | |
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Congress and the Electoral Connection | |
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Speech to the Electors of Bristol | |
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If, as Ralph Nader Says, Congress is "The Broken Branch," How Come We Love Our Congressmen So Much? | |
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Congress-Bashing for Beginners | |
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Congress: The Electoral Connection | |
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Future Congressional Politics | |
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The New Era of Congressional Policy Making | |
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The Judiciary | |
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Constitutional Background: Judicial Independence and Judicial Review | |
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Federalist | |
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Marbury v. Madison (1803) | |
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Powers and Limitations of the Supreme Court | |
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Judicial Self-Restraint | |
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Judicial Decision Making | |
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How the Supreme Court Arrives at Decisions | |
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Interpreting the Constitution | |
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The Contemporary Debate over Constitutional Interpretation | |
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Justice Sandra Day O''Connor, Constitutional Liberty and the Right to Abortion | |
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Chief Justice | |
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Justice Antonin Scalia, Liberty and Abortion: A Strict Constructionist''s View | |
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The Declaration of Independence | |
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The Constitution of the United States | |