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A Note on Documents and EditingIntroduction EssayPart I: Sovereignty and Reserved PowersJean Bodin, “On Sovereignty” Thomas Hobbes, LeviathanMontesquieu, Spirit of LawsVattel, Law of NationsBlackstone’s Commentaries Declaratory ActRichard Bland, “Inquiry into the Rights of the British Colonies”Stephen Hopkins, “The Rights of the Colonies Examined”Alexander Hamilton, “The Farmer Refuted”“Articles of Confederation”Alexander Hamilton, “The Continentalist No. 1”1783 Treaty of PeaceMeriwether Smith, “Observations on the fourth and fifth articles of the Preliminaries”Virginia PlanNew Jersey PlanJames Wilson, “State House Speech”Federalist No. 10Federalist No. 26Federalist No. 39Federalist No. 44Brutus 1Brutus 6Samuel Adams to Richard Henry Lee, December 3, 1787An Old Whig IIPatrick Henry, Virginia Ratifying ConventionTenth Amendment Thomas Jefferson Opinion on the Constitutionality of a National BankAlexander Hamilton Opinion on the Constitutionality of a National BankChisholm v. GeorgiaEleventh Amendment The Kentucky ResolutionThe Virginia ResolutionJames Madison, "Report of 1800"McCulloch v. MarylandJohn Taylor of Caroline, New Views of the Constitution of the United StatesThe Webster-Hayne DebateSouth Carolina, Ordinance of NullificationAndrew Jackson, "Proclamation Regarding Nullification"Andrew Jackson, Internal Improvements VetoAndrew Jackson Veto Message Regarding the Bank of the United StatesJohn C. Calhoun, A Discourse on the Constitution and Government of the United StatesJoseph Story, Commentaries on the Constitution of the United StatesAbel Upshur, A Brief Enquiry into the True Nature and Character of Our Federal GovernmentLuther v. BordenOrdinances of SecessionAbraham Lincoln, Message to Congress in Special SessionCharles Sumner, State Suicide ResolutionsAndrew Johnson, Veto of the First Reconstruction ActTexas v. WhiteWoodrow Wilson, "The States and the Federal Government"Albert Beveridge, “Vitality of the American Constitution"Theodore Roosevelt, "New Nationalism"Democratic Party Platform 1912Progressive Party Platform 1912Herbert Croly, The Promise of American LifeMissouri v. HollandFranklin Roosevelt, First Inaugural AddressFranklin D. Roosevelt, Message to the Fifth Annual Women’s ConferenceLyndon B. Johnson,“Great Society Speech”Richard Nixon, "Address to the Nation on Domestic ProgramsRonald Reagan, First Inaugural AddressRonald Reagan, “Remarks in Atlanta, Georgia, at the Annual Convention of the NationalConference of State Legislatures"New York v. USPrintz, Sheriff/Coroner, Ravalli County, Montana v. United StatesWilliam J. Clinton, Executive Order 13132Arizona, et al., v. United StatesTenth Amendment ResolutionsDonald J. Trump, Executive Order Enforcing Statutory Prohibitions on Federal Control of EducationPart II: Civil LibertiesBarron v. BaltimoreCivil Rights Act of 1866Andrew Johnson, Veto of the Civil Rights Act 14th Amendment (Ratified, 1868)Platform of the States Rights Democratic Party (Dixiecrats), 1948Southern ManifestoBrown v. Board of Education of TopekaEisenhower, “Remarks on Little Rock”Cooper v. Aaron George Wallace, “Segregation Now, Segregation Forever”Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United StatesKatzenbach v. McClungGriswold v. Connecticut Loving v. Virginia Roe v. Wade Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania et al. v. CaseyObergefell v. HodgesPart III: Commerce ClauseGibbons 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 1791Near v. MinnesotaDeJonge v. OregonEverson v. Board of EducationEdwards v. South CarolinaUnited States v. Cruikshank, (1875)Presser v. IllinoisHamilton v. Regents of University of California United States v. MillerMcDonald v. ChicagoMapp v. OhioChicago, B. & Q. R. Co. v. ChicagoMalloy v. HoganBenton v. MarylandIn re OliverGideon v. WainwrightPointer v. TexasParker v. Gladden Klopfer v. North Carolina Washington v. TexasMinneapolis & St. Louis R. Co. v. Bombolis Robinson v. CariforniaSchilb v. Kuebel
