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| Introduction | |
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| Founding Principles | |
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| The Declaration of Independence (1776) | |
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| Democracy in America (1835) | |
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| The Northwest Ordinance (1787) | |
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| Federalist 9 | |
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| Federalist 10 | |
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| Federalist 47 | |
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| Federalist 48 | |
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| Federalist 49 | |
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| Federalist 51 | |
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| Centinel, Letter I (1787) | |
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| On Property (1792) | |
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| Farewell Address (1796) | |
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| Letter to John Adams (1813) | |
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| Federalism | |
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| Federalist 39 | |
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| Notes on the State of Virginia (1784) | |
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| McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) | |
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| Hammer v. Dagenhart (1918) | |
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| United States v. Darby (1941) | |
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| Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority (1985) | |
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| United States v. Lopez (1995) | |
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| President and Congress | |
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| Federalist 57 | |
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| Federalist 63 | |
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| Federalist 70 | |
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| Federalist 71 | |
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| Federalist 73 | |
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| Message to Congress in Special Session (1861) | |
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| Message to Congress (1942) | |
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| The War Powers Resolution (1973) | |
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| United States v. Nixon (1974) | |
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| The Nixon Pardon (1974) | |
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| September 11, 2001 [2001] | |
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| Statement on the Intelligence Authorization Act (2004) | |
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| Memorandum on Presidential Signing Statements (2009) | |
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| Judiciary | |
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| Brutus Essay XI (1788) | |
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| Federalist 78 | |
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| Marbury v. Madison (1803) | |
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| First Inaugural Address (1861) | |
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| Court-Packing Address (1937) | |
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| Speech to the Text and Teaching Symposium, Georgetown University (1985) | |
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| Connecticut Griswold v. (1965) | |
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| Roe v. Wade (1973) | |
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| Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey (1992) | |
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| Speaking in a Judicial Voice (1992) | |
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| Gonzales v. Carhart (2007) | |
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| Lee v. Weisman (1992) | |
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| McCreary v. American Civil Liberties Union (2005) | |
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| District of Columbia v. Heller (2008) | |
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| Parties and Elections | |
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| Parties (1792) | |
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| The Danger Threatening Representative Government (1897) | |
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| Constitutional Government in the United States (1908) | |
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| Fireside Chat on Party Primaries (1938) | |
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| The McGovern-Fraser Commission Report (1971) | |
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| Constitutional Preservation and Political Change | |
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| Letter to Nehemiah Dodge and Others: A Committee of the Danbury Baptist Association, in the State of Connecticut (1802) | |
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| The Perpetuation of Our Political Institutions: Address Before the Young Men's Lyceum of Springfield, Illinois (1838) | |
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| Democracy in America (1840) | |
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| Final Text of the Address Delivered at the Dedication of the Cemetery at Gettysburg (1863) | |
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| Constitutional Government in the United States (1908) | |
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| Commonwealth Club Campaign Speech (1932) | |
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| Address to the Young Democratic Clubs of America (1935) | |
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| State of the Union Address (1964) | |
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| Commencement Address at the University of Michigan (1964) | |
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| State of the Union Address (1982) | |
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| Remarks at the Welfare Reform Bill Signing (1996) | |
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| Remarks on the Human Genome Project (2000) | |
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| Remarks on Stem Cell Research (2001) | |
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| Remarks on the Stem Cell Executive Order and Scientific Integrity Presidential Memorandum (2009) | |
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| Civil Rights: Race | |
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| Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857) | |
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| Sections of the U.S. Constitution Concerning Slavery | |
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| Draft of the Declaration of Independence (1776) | |
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| Notes on the State of Virginia (1784) | |
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| Speech on the Repeal of the Missouri Compromise (1854) | |
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| Address for the Promotion of Colored Enlistment (1864) | |
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| Cornerstone Speech (1861) | |
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| Oration in Memory of Abraham Lincoln (1876) | |
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| Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) | |
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| Brown v. Board of Education (1954) | |
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| Letter from a Birmingham Jail (1963) | |
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| Address on Voting Rights (1965) | |
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| Regents of the University of California v. Bakke (1978) | |
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| City of Richmond v. Croson (1989) | |
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| Adarand Constructors, Inc. v. Pena (1995) | |
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| Bollinger Grutter v. (2003) | |
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| A More Perfect Union (2008) | |
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| Ricci v. DeStefano (2009) | |
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| Civil Rights: Gender | |
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| Letter to John Adams (1776) | |
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| Letter to Abigail Adams (1776) | |
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| The Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions (1848) | |
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| Woman's Suffrage Movement (1870) | |
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| Why Women Should Vote (1910) | |
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| Rostker v. Goldberg (1981) | |
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| Address to the Women's Forum (1984) | |
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| Change: From What to What? (1992) | |
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| Romer v. Evans (1996) | |
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| Lawrence v. Texas (2003) | |
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| Foreign Policy | |
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| Federalist 23 | |
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| Pacificus, Letter No. 1 (1793) | |
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| Helvidius, Letter No. 1 (1793) | |
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| Farewell Address (1796) | |
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| Four Freedoms Speech (1941) | |
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| Special Message to Congress on Greece and Turkey: The Truman Doctrine (1947) | |
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| Farewell Address (1961) | |
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| Address at the University of Notre Dame (1977) | |
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| Address to the British Parliament (1982) | |
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| Second Inaugural Address (2005) | |
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| Remarks by the President at the Acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize (2009) | |
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| Appendix: The Constitution of the United States of America | |
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| About the Editors | |