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The Annotated U. S. Constitution and Declaration of Independence

The Annotated U. S. Constitution and Declaration of Independence

The Genius of America:  How the Constitution Saved Our Country--and Why it Can Again

The Genius of America:  How the Constitution Saved Our Country--and Why it Can Again

Ratification: The People Debate the Constitution, 1787-1788

Ratification: The People Debate the Constitution, 1787-1788

The Words We Live By:  Your Annotated Guide to the Constitution

The Words We Live By:  Your Annotated Guide to the Constitution

The Partisan Republic:  Democracy, Exclusion, and the Fall of the Founders' Constitution, 1780s-1830s

The Partisan Republic:  Democracy, Exclusion, and the Fall of the Founders' Constitution, 1780s-1830s

The Pursuit of Happiness in the Founding Era:  An Intellectual History

The Pursuit of Happiness in the Founding Era:  An Intellectual History

The Second Founding:  How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution

The Second Founding:  How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution

The Conservation Constitution:  The Conservation Movement and Constitutional Change, 1870-1930

The Conservation Constitution:  The Conservation Movement and Constitutional Change, 1870-1930

The Second Creation:  Fixing the American Constitution in the Founding Era

The Second Creation:  Fixing the American Constitution in the Founding Era

Original Intents:  Hamilton, Jefferson, Madison, and the American Founding

Original Intents:  Hamilton, Jefferson, Madison, and the American Founding

Constitutional Coup:  Privatization's Threat to the American Republic

Constitutional Coup:  Privatization's Threat to the American Republic

The American Constitutional Tradition:  Colonial Charters, Covenants, and Revolutionary State Constitutions, 1578-1780

The American Constitutional Tradition:  Colonial Charters, Covenants, and Revolutionary State Constitutions, 1578-1780

The Disappearing First Amendment

The Disappearing First Amendment   

 The Political Constitution: The Case Against Judicial Supremacy

 The Political Constitution: The Case Against Judicial Supremacy

Reconsidering Judicial Finality:  Why the Supreme Court Is Not the Last Word on the Constitution

Reconsidering Judicial Finality:  Why the Supreme Court Is Not the Last Word on the Constitution                  

Constitutional Dysfunction on Trial:  Congressional Lawsuits and the Separation of Powers

Constitutional Dysfunction on Trial:  Congressional Lawsuits and the Separation of Powers

Democracy and Equality:  The Enduring Constitutional Vision of the Warren Court

Democracy and Equality:  The Enduring Constitutional Vision of the Warren Court

The Government's Speech and the Constitution

The Government's Speech and the Constitution

The Case Against Free Speech:  The First Amendment, Fascism, and the Future of Dissent

The Case Against Free Speech:  The First Amendment, Fascism, and the Future of Dissent

The Constitution: An Introduction

The Federalist; a commentary on the Constitution of the United States

The Federalist; a commentary on the Constitution of the United States

eBooks

The constitution and American racism: Setting a course for lasting injustice

The Constitution and American Racism: Setting a Course for Lasting Injustice

The Living Constitution

The Living Constitution

Liberty's Blueprint: How Madison and Hamilton Wrote the Federalist Papers, Defined the Constitution, and Made Democracy Safe for the World

Liberty's Blueprint: How Madison and Hamilton Wrote the Federalist Papers, Defined the Constitution, and Made Democracy Safe for the World

Designing a Polity:  America's Constitution in theory and practice

Designing a Polity:  America's Constitution in theory and practice

The People’s Constitution: 200 Years, 27 Amendment

The People’s Constitution: 200 Years, 27 Amendments, and the Promise of a More Perfect Union

The Constitutional Convention:  A narrative history from the notes of James Madison

The Constitutional Convention:  A narrative history from the notes of James Madison

Two Revolutions and the Constitution: How the English and American Revolutions Produced the American Constitution

Two Revolutions and the Constitution: How the English and American Revolutions Produced the American Constitution

The President Who Would Not Be King:  Executive Power under the Constitution

The President Who Would Not Be King:  Executive Power under the Constitution

A Glorious Liberty: Frederick Douglass and the Fight for an Antislavery Constitution

A Glorious Liberty: Frederick Douglass and the Fight for an Antislavery Constitution

The Federalist Papers

The Federalist Papers

Political and Social Change in the United States

Political and Social Change in the United States: A Brief History, with the Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union, the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution of the United States, and the Amendments to the Constitution

Jefferson, Madison, and the making of the Constitution

Jefferson, Madison, and the making of the Constitution

The Pursuit of Happiness in the Founding Era: An Intellectual History

The Pursuit of Happiness in the Founding Era: An Intellectual History

Two Revolutions and the Constitution : How the English and American Revolutions Produced the American Constitution

Two Revolutions and the Constitution : How the English and American Revolutions Produced the American Constitution

Washington's Government : Charting the Origins of the Federal Administration

Washington's Government : Charting the Origins of the Federal Administration                      

A Constitution for the Living : Imagining How Five Generations of Americans Would Rewrite the Nation's Fundamental Law

A Constitution for the Living : Imagining How Five Generations of Americans Would Rewrite the Nation's Fundamental Law

First Amendment Freedoms: a Reference Handbook

First Amendment Freedoms: a Reference Handbook

Fears of a Setting Sun : The Disillusionment of America's Founders

Fears of a Setting Sun : The Disillusionment of America's Founders

Commercial Speech As Free Expression : The Case for First Amendment Protection

Commercial Speech As Free Expression : The Case for First Amendment Protection

Civil Rights and Civil Liberties in America: a Reference Handbook

Civil Rights and Civil Liberties in America: a Reference Handbook

The Rights of Women : Reclaiming a Lost Vision

The Rights of Women : Reclaiming a Lost Vision

Cases Without Controversies : Uncontested Adjudication in Article III Courts

Cases Without Controversies : Uncontested Adjudication in Article III Courts

Justice, Justice Thou Shalt Pursue : A Life's Work Fighting for a More Perfect Union

Justice, Justice Thou Shalt Pursue : A Life's Work Fighting for a More Perfect Union

John Marshall : The Final Founder

John Marshall : The Final Founder

The Anti-Oligarchy Constitution

The Anti-Oligarchy Constitution: Reconstructing the Economic Foundations of American Democracy

American Citizenship and Constitutionalism in Prin

American Citizenship and Constitutionalism in Principle and Practice

Tensions of American Federal Democracy: Fragmentat

Tensions of American Federal Democracy: Fragmentation of the State

The Reconstruction Amendments : The Essential Documents, Volume 1

The Reconstruction Amendments : The Essential Documents, Volume 1

The Reconstruction Amendments

The Reconstruction Amendments: The Essential Documents, Volume 2

Slavery and Sacred Texts

Slavery and Sacred Texts: The Bible, the Constitution, and Historical Consciousness in Antebellum America

A Constitution for the Living: Imagining How Five Generations of Americans Would Rewrite the Nation's Fundamental Law

A Constitution for the Living: Imagining How Five Generations of Americans Would Rewrite the Nation's Fundamental Law

The Constitution in Congress: Descent into the Maelstrom 1829-1861

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