A Note on Documents and Editing
Introduction Essay
Part I: Sovereignty and Reserved Powers
Jean Bodin, âOn Sovereigntyâ
Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan
Montesquieu, Spirit of Laws
Vattel, Law of Nations
Blackstoneâs Commentaries
Declaratory Act
Richard Bland, âInquiry into the Rights of the British Coloniesâ
Stephen Hopkins, âThe Rights of the Colonies Examinedâ
Alexander Hamilton, âThe Farmer Refutedâ
âArticles of Confederationâ
Alexander Hamilton, âThe Continentalist No. 1â
1783 Treaty of Peace
Meriwether Smith, âObservations on the fourth and fifth articles of the Preliminariesâ
Virginia Plan
New Jersey Plan
James Wilson, âState House Speechâ
Federalist No. 10
Federalist No. 26
Federalist No. 39
Federalist No. 44
Brutus 1
Brutus 6
Samuel Adams to Richard Henry Lee, December 3, 1787
An Old Whig II
Patrick Henry, Virginia Ratifying Convention
Tenth Amendment
Thomas Jefferson Opinion on the Constitutionality of a National Bank
Alexander Hamilton Opinion on the Constitutionality of a National Bank
Chisholm v. Georgia
Eleventh Amendment
The Kentucky Resolution
The Virginia Resolution
James Madison, "Report of 1800"
McCulloch v. Maryland
John Taylor of Caroline, New Views of the Constitution of the United States
The Webster-Hayne Debate
South Carolina, Ordinance of Nullification
Andrew Jackson, "Proclamation Regarding Nullification"
Andrew Jackson, Internal Improvements Veto
Andrew Jackson Veto Message Regarding the Bank of the United States
John C. Calhoun, A Discourse on the Constitution and Government of the United States
Joseph Story, Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States
Abel Upshur, A Brief Enquiry into the True Nature and Character of Our Federal Government
Luther v. Borden
Ordinances of Secession
Abraham Lincoln, Message to Congress in Special Session
Charles Sumner, State Suicide Resolutions
Andrew Johnson, Veto of the First Reconstruction Act
Texas v. White
Woodrow Wilson, "The States and the Federal Government"
Albert Beveridge, âVitality of the American Constitution"
Theodore Roosevelt, "New Nationalism"
Democratic Party Platform 1912
Progressive Party Platform 1912
Herbert Croly, The Promise of American Life
Missouri v. Holland
Franklin Roosevelt, First Inaugural Address
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Message to the Fifth Annual Womenâs Conference
Lyndon B. Johnson,âGreat Society Speechâ
Richard Nixon, "Address to the Nation on Domestic Programs
Ronald Reagan, First Inaugural Address
Ronald Reagan, âRemarks in Atlanta, Georgia, at the Annual Convention of the National
Conference of State Legislatures"
New York v. US
Printz, Sheriff/Coroner, Ravalli County, Montana v. United States
William J. Clinton, Executive Order 13132
Arizona, et al., v. United States
Tenth Amendment Resolutions
Donald J. Trump, Executive Order Enforcing Statutory Prohibitions on Federal Control of Education
Part II: Civil Liberties
Barron v. Baltimore
Civil Rights Act of 1866
Andrew Johnson, Veto of the Civil Rights Act
14th Amendment (Ratified, 1868)
Platform of the States Rights Democratic Party (Dixiecrats), 1948
Southern Manifesto
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
Eisenhower, âRemarks on Little Rockâ
Cooper v. Aaron
George Wallace, âSegregation Now, Segregation Foreverâ
Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United States
Katzenbach v. McClung
Griswold v. Connecticut
Loving v. Virginia
Roe v. Wade
Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania et al. v. Casey
Obergefell v. Hodges
Part III: Commerce Clause
Gibbons v. Ogden, (1824)
United States v. E. C. Knight Co., (1895)
Hammer v. Dagenhart (1918)
A.L. A. Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States, (1935)
NLRB v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp.(1937)
United States v. Darby, (1941)
Wickard v. Filburn, (1942)
US v. Lopez, (1995)
United States v. Morrison, (2000)
Gonzales v. Raich (2005)
Part IV: Incorporation
Preamble to the Bill of Rights 1791
Near v. Minnesota
DeJonge v. Oregon
Everson v. Board of Education
Edwards v. South Carolina
United States v. Cruikshank, (1875)
Presser v. Illinois
Hamilton v. Regents of University of California
United States v. Miller
McDonald v. Chicago
Mapp v. Ohio
Chicago, B. & Q. R. Co. v. Chicago
Malloy v. Hogan
Benton v. Maryland
In re Oliver
Gideon v. Wainwright
Pointer v. Texas
Parker v. Gladden
Klopfer v. North Carolina
Washington v. Texas
Minneapolis & St. Louis R. Co. v. Bombolis
Robinson v. Carifornia
Schilb v. Kuebel
