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Table of Contents
  • I. The Founding of the Principles of Government
  • 1. The Declaration of Independence (1776) Thomas Jefferson
  • 2. The Meaning of the Declaration of Independence (1857) Abraham Lincoln
  • 3. Exchange on State Sovereignty and the Problem of Majority Rule (1858) Stephen A. Douglas and Abraham Lincoln
  • 4. The Revolution of Sober Expectations (1975) Martin Diamond
  • 5. The Small Republic Argument (1787) Centinel
  • 6. Selections from the Records of the Federal Convention of 1787
  • 7. The Work of the Constitutional Convention (1787) James Madison
  • 8. Federalist 10 (1787) James Madison
  • 9. Federalist 51 (1788) James Madison
  • 10. The Role of the Rich and the Poor in the Legislature (1787) John Adams
  • 11. On the Character of the Legislator (1778) Alexander Hamilton
  • 12. Federalist 11 (1787) Alexander Hamilton
  • 13. The Military in a Commercial Republic (1787) Alexander Hamilton
  • 14. Equality and Commerce (1840) Alexis de Tocqueville
  • 15. On Citizenship (1824, 1816, 1814) Thomas Jefferson
  • 16. Federalist 39 (1788) James Madison
  • 17. McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)
  • 18. The Purposes Served by Local Self-Government (1840) Alexis de Tocqueville
  • 19. Bowling Alone: America's Declining Social Capital (1995) Robert D. Putnam
  • 20. By the People: The Old Values of the New Citizenship (1994) William A. Schambra
  • II. Political Parties and Elections
  • 21. The Electoral College (1788) Alexander Hamilton
  • 22. Why Great Men Are Not Chosen Presidents (1888) James Bryce
  • 23. The Electoral College and the American Idea of Democracy (1977) Martin Diamond
  • 24. Political Parties and Presidential Ambition (1978) James W. Ceaser
  • 25. Buckley v. Valeo (1976)
  • 26. Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (2010)
  • 27. Party Politics and the Judiciary: Bush v. Gore and the Election of 2000 (2001) Jeffrey J. Poelvoorde
  • 28. The New Republican Party (1977) Ronald Reagan
  • 29. Second Inaugural Address (2013) Barack Obama
  • 30. Popular Leadership and Party Unity: Creating a "Politically Effective Whole" (2013) Mark A. Scully
  • III. Congress and the Separation of Powers
  • 31. On Congress (1788) Alexander Hamilton and James Madison
  • 32. The Need for Cabinet Government in the United States (1879) Woodrow Wilson
  • 33. Congress Is Not the Broken Branch (2013) William F. Connelly, Jr.
  • 34. U.S. Term Limits, Inc. v. Thornton (1995)
  • 35. The Rise of the Washington Establishment (1989) Morris P. Fiorina
  • 36. Deliberation Defended (1994) Joseph M. Bessette
  • 37. War Powers Resolution (1973)
  • 38. INS v. Chadha (1983)
  • IV. The Presidency
  • 39. On the Presidency (1788) Alexander Hamilton
  • 40. The Rise of the Rhetorical Presidency (1981) James W. Ceaser, Glen E. Thurow, Jeffrey K. Tulis, Joseph M. Bessette
  • 41. Campaign Speech on the Presidency (1960) John F. Kennedy
  • 42. On Stem Cell Research (2001) George W. Bush
  • 43. The Perpetuation of Our Political Institutions (1838) Abraham Lincoln
  • 44. Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co. v. Sawyer (1952)
  • 45. United States v. Curtiss-Wright Export Corporation (1936)
  • 46. Korematsu v. United States (1944)
  • 47. On the Suspension of the Writ of Habeas Corpus (1863) Abraham Lincoln
  • 48. Clinton v. Jones (1997)
  • 49. Oration in Memory of Abraham Lincoln (1876) Frederick Douglass
  • V. The Judiciary
  • 50. The Role of the Supreme Court (1788) Alexander Hamilton
  • 51. The Problem of Judicial Review (1787) Brutus
  • 52. Against Judicial Review (1815) Thomas Jefferson
  • 53. The Authority of the Supreme Court (1857) Abraham Lincoln
  • 54. Marbury v. Madison (1803)
  • 55. Federalist Constitutionalism and Judicial Independence (2013) Matthew S. Brogdon
  • 56. United States v. Nixon (1974)
  • 57. City of Boerne v. Flores (1997)
  • 58. Constitutional Interpretation (1985) William J. Brennan, Jr.
  • 59. Testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee (1987) Robert H. Bork
  • 60. Exchange on the Binding of Generations (1789–1790) Thomas Jefferson and James Madison
  • 61. Federalist 49 (1788) James Madison
  • 62. California v. Bakke (1978)
  • 63. The Supreme Court, Affirmative Action, and the Judicial Function (1990) L. Peter Schultz
  • 64. Grutter v. Bollinger (2003)
  • VI. Politics and Economics
  • 65. Capitalism and Freedom (1962) Milton Friedman
  • 66. The New Goals of Politics (1932, 1935, 1941) Franklin Delano Roosevelt
  • 67. Ideology and Supply-Side Economics (1981) Irving Kristol
  • 68. Soft Despotism (1840) Alexis de Tocqueville
  • 69. Against Manufacturing (1787) Thomas Jefferson
  • 70. Report on Manufactures (1791) Alexander Hamilton
  • 71. Lucas v. South Carolina Coastal Council (1992)
  • 72. Kelo v. New London (2005)
  • 73. National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius (2012)
  • 74. Regulation and Liberty (2013) Adam M. Carrington
  • VII. Foreign Policy and the American Regime
  • 75. The Moral Basis of International Action (1961) Joseph Cropsey
  • 76. The Mainsprings of American Foreign Policy (1950) Hans J. Morgenthau
  • 77. Selections from Pacificus and Americanus (1793–1794) Alexander Hamilton
  • 78. Selections from Helvidius (1793) James Madison
  • 79. Flat but Happy Elections in Kurdish Iraq (2013) James F. Pontuso
  • 80. Remarks on National Security (2009) Barack Obama
  • 81. Remarks on National Security (2009) Richard B. Cheney
  • VIII. Liberty and Equality
  • 82. United States V. Stevens (2010)
  • 83. Employment Division, Department of Human Resources of Oregon v. Smith (1990)
  • 84. Roe v. Wade (1973)
  • 85. Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pa. v. Casey (1992)
  • 86. Lawrence v. Texas (2003)
  • 87. Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
  • 88. Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
  • 89. Bolling v. Sharpe (1954)
  • 90. A Note on the New Equality (1977) Eugene J. McCarthy
  • 91. Harrison Bergeron (1961) Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
  • 92. The Natural Aristocracy (1813) Thomas Jefferson
  • 93. Why So Many Ambitious Men and So Little Lofty Ambition Are to Be Found in the United States (1840) Alexis de Tocqueville
  • Appendix
  • The Constitution of the United States of America

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      Table of Contents
      • I. The Founding of the Principles of Government
      • 1. The Declaration of Independence (1776) Thomas Jefferson
      • 2. The Meaning of the Declaration of Independence (1857) Abraham Lincoln
      • 3. Exchange on State Sovereignty and the Problem of Majority Rule (1858) Stephen A. Douglas and Abraham Lincoln
      • 4. The Revolution of Sober Expectations (1975) Martin Diamond
      • 5. The Small Republic Argument (1787) Centinel
      • 6. Selections from the Records of the Federal Convention of 1787
      • 7. The Work of the Constitutional Convention (1787) James Madison
      • 8. Federalist 10 (1787) James Madison
      • 9. Federalist 51 (1788) James Madison
      • 10. The Role of the Rich and the Poor in the Legislature (1787) John Adams
      • 11. On the Character of the Legislator (1778) Alexander Hamilton
      • 12. Federalist 11 (1787) Alexander Hamilton
      • 13. The Military in a Commercial Republic (1787) Alexander Hamilton
      • 14. Equality and Commerce (1840) Alexis de Tocqueville
      • 15. On Citizenship (1824, 1816, 1814) Thomas Jefferson
      • 16. Federalist 39 (1788) James Madison
      • 17. McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)
      • 18. The Purposes Served by Local Self-Government (1840) Alexis de Tocqueville
      • 19. Bowling Alone: America's Declining Social Capital (1995) Robert D. Putnam
      • 20. By the People: The Old Values of the New Citizenship (1994) William A. Schambra
      • II. Political Parties and Elections
      • 21. The Electoral College (1788) Alexander Hamilton
      • 22. Why Great Men Are Not Chosen Presidents (1888) James Bryce
      • 23. The Electoral College and the American Idea of Democracy (1977) Martin Diamond
      • 24. Political Parties and Presidential Ambition (1978) James W. Ceaser
      • 25. Buckley v. Valeo (1976)
      • 26. Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (2010)
      • 27. Party Politics and the Judiciary: Bush v. Gore and the Election of 2000 (2001) Jeffrey J. Poelvoorde
      • 28. The New Republican Party (1977) Ronald Reagan
      • 29. Second Inaugural Address (2013) Barack Obama
      • 30. Popular Leadership and Party Unity: Creating a "Politically Effective Whole" (2013) Mark A. Scully
      • III. Congress and the Separation of Powers
      • 31. On Congress (1788) Alexander Hamilton and James Madison
      • 32. The Need for Cabinet Government in the United States (1879) Woodrow Wilson
      • 33. Congress Is Not the Broken Branch (2013) William F. Connelly, Jr.
      • 34. U.S. Term Limits, Inc. v. Thornton (1995)
      • 35. The Rise of the Washington Establishment (1989) Morris P. Fiorina
      • 36. Deliberation Defended (1994) Joseph M. Bessette
      • 37. War Powers Resolution (1973)
      • 38. INS v. Chadha (1983)
      • IV. The Presidency
      • 39. On the Presidency (1788) Alexander Hamilton
      • 40. The Rise of the Rhetorical Presidency (1981) James W. Ceaser, Glen E. Thurow, Jeffrey K. Tulis, Joseph M. Bessette
      • 41. Campaign Speech on the Presidency (1960) John F. Kennedy
      • 42. On Stem Cell Research (2001) George W. Bush
      • 43. The Perpetuation of Our Political Institutions (1838) Abraham Lincoln
      • 44. Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co. v. Sawyer (1952)
      • 45. United States v. Curtiss-Wright Export Corporation (1936)
      • 46. Korematsu v. United States (1944)
      • 47. On the Suspension of the Writ of Habeas Corpus (1863) Abraham Lincoln
      • 48. Clinton v. Jones (1997)
      • 49. Oration in Memory of Abraham Lincoln (1876) Frederick Douglass
      • V. The Judiciary
      • 50. The Role of the Supreme Court (1788) Alexander Hamilton
      • 51. The Problem of Judicial Review (1787) Brutus
      • 52. Against Judicial Review (1815) Thomas Jefferson
      • 53. The Authority of the Supreme Court (1857) Abraham Lincoln
      • 54. Marbury v. Madison (1803)
      • 55. Federalist Constitutionalism and Judicial Independence (2013) Matthew S. Brogdon
      • 56. United States v. Nixon (1974)
      • 57. City of Boerne v. Flores (1997)
      • 58. Constitutional Interpretation (1985) William J. Brennan, Jr.
      • 59. Testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee (1987) Robert H. Bork
      • 60. Exchange on the Binding of Generations (1789–1790) Thomas Jefferson and James Madison
      • 61. Federalist 49 (1788) James Madison
      • 62. California v. Bakke (1978)
      • 63. The Supreme Court, Affirmative Action, and the Judicial Function (1990) L. Peter Schultz
      • 64. Grutter v. Bollinger (2003)
      • VI. Politics and Economics
      • 65. Capitalism and Freedom (1962) Milton Friedman
      • 66. The New Goals of Politics (1932, 1935, 1941) Franklin Delano Roosevelt
      • 67. Ideology and Supply-Side Economics (1981) Irving Kristol
      • 68. Soft Despotism (1840) Alexis de Tocqueville
      • 69. Against Manufacturing (1787) Thomas Jefferson
      • 70. Report on Manufactures (1791) Alexander Hamilton
      • 71. Lucas v. South Carolina Coastal Council (1992)
      • 72. Kelo v. New London (2005)
      • 73. National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius (2012)
      • 74. Regulation and Liberty (2013) Adam M. Carrington
      • VII. Foreign Policy and the American Regime
      • 75. The Moral Basis of International Action (1961) Joseph Cropsey
      • 76. The Mainsprings of American Foreign Policy (1950) Hans J. Morgenthau
      • 77. Selections from Pacificus and Americanus (1793–1794) Alexander Hamilton
      • 78. Selections from Helvidius (1793) James Madison
      • 79. Flat but Happy Elections in Kurdish Iraq (2013) James F. Pontuso
      • 80. Remarks on National Security (2009) Barack Obama
      • 81. Remarks on National Security (2009) Richard B. Cheney
      • VIII. Liberty and Equality
      • 82. United States V. Stevens (2010)
      • 83. Employment Division, Department of Human Resources of Oregon v. Smith (1990)
      • 84. Roe v. Wade (1973)
      • 85. Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pa. v. Casey (1992)
      • 86. Lawrence v. Texas (2003)
      • 87. Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
      • 88. Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
      • 89. Bolling v. Sharpe (1954)
      • 90. A Note on the New Equality (1977) Eugene J. McCarthy
      • 91. Harrison Bergeron (1961) Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
      • 92. The Natural Aristocracy (1813) Thomas Jefferson
      • 93. Why So Many Ambitious Men and So Little Lofty Ambition Are to Be Found in the United States (1840) Alexis de Tocqueville
      • Appendix
      • The Constitution of the United States of America

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