Constitutional history -- United States
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Constitutional history -- United States
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- George Mason, forgotten founder, Jeff Broadwater
- The federalist papers, James Madison, Alexander Hamilton and John Jay ; edited by Isaac Kramnick
- Federalism, director of production, Scott Gardner ; producers, Scott Gardner, Trevor Lee ; director, Aprille Hollis ; writers, Valerie Foster, Teri Davis
- The founding, a dramatic account of the writing of the Constitution, Fred Barbash
- The failure of the founding fathers, Jefferson, Marshall, and the rise of presidential democracy, Bruce Ackerman
- America's unwritten constitution, the precedents and principles we live by, Akhil Reed Amar
- The velvet coup, the Constitution, the Supreme Court, and the decline of American democracy, Daniel Lazare
- The oath, the Obama White House and the Supreme Court, Jeffrey Toobin
- Papers on the Constitution, John W. Elsberg, general editor
- The Constitutional Convention, a narrative history : from the notes of James Madison, Edward J. Larson and Michael P. Winship
- The "sole organ" doctrine, Louis Fisher
- The Second Amendment primer, a citizen's guidebook to the history, sources, and authorities for the Constitutional guarantee of the right to keep and bear arms, Les Adams
- Teaching about federalism in the United States, Frederick D. Drake, Lynn R. Nelson
- Vindicating the founders, race, sex, class, and justice in the origins of America, Thomas G. West
- The U.S. Constitution, by Christine Peterson
- Constitutional amendments, from freedom of speech to flag burning
- The sources of antislavery constitutionalism in America, 1760-1848, William M. Wiecek
- Plain, honest men, the making of the American Constitution, Richard Beeman
- Notes of Debate in the Federal Convention of 1787,, reported by James Madison. With an introd. by Adrienne Koch
- Our secret constitution, how Lincoln redefined American democracy, George P. Fletcher
- Nullification, how to resist Federal tyranny in the 21st century, Thomas E. Woods, Jr
- Abraham Lincoln, a constitutional biography, George Anastaplo
- Theodore and Woodrow, how a Republican and a Democrat destroyed constitutional freedom, Andrew P. Napolitano
- The American Constitution, its global heritage, essays by the staff of the Law Library of the Library of Congress on the occasion of the bicentennial of the Constitution of the United States
- The great chief justice, John Marshall and the rule of law, Charles F. Hobson
- The 5000 year leap, the 28 great ideas that changed the world, W. Cleon Skousen
- Groundwork, Charles Hamilton Houston and the struggle for civil rights, Genna Rae McNeil
- The Constitution and the states, the role of the original thirteen in the framing and adoption of the Federal Constitution, edited by Patrick T. Conley and John P. Kaminski ; sponsored by the U.S. Constitution Council of the Thirteen Original States and the Center for the Study of the American Constitution
- Educational programs of the Commission on the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution
- Origins of the Bill of Rights, Leonard W. Levy
- Lincoln's Constitution, Daniel Farber
- John Marshall Harlan, the last Whig justice, Loren P. Beth
- The American Republic, its constitution, tendencies, and destiny, by Orestes A. Brownson ; edited with an introduction by Thomas E. Woods, Jr
- Keeping the faith, a cultural history of the U.S. Supreme Court, John E. Semonche
- The quartet, orchestrating the second American revolution, 1783-1789, by Joseph J. Ellis
- Courting disaster, the Supreme Court and the dangerous unmaking of American law, Martin Garbus
- Ranters run amok, and other adventures in the history of the law, Leonard W. Levy
- Triumvirate, the story of the unlikely alliance that saved the Constitution and united the nation, Bruce Chadwick
- The Hughes Court, justices, rulings, and legacy, Michael E. Parrish
- Final freedom, the Civil War, the abolition of slavery, and the Thirteenth Amendment, Michael Vorenberg
- Conquest by law, how the discovery of America dispossessed indigenous peoples of their lands, Lindsay G. Robertson
- America's second revolution, how George Washington defeated Patrick Henry and saved the nation, Harlow Giles Unger
- Meeting locations of Congress and predecessor legislatures, Jacob R. Straus
- Foreign affairs and the founding fathers, from confederation to constitution, 1776-1787, Norman A. Graebner, Richard Dean Burns, and Joseph M. Siracusa
- The living U.S. Constitution, historical background, landmark Supreme Court decisions : with introductions, indexed guide, pen portraits of the signers, Saul K. Padover
- The creation of the U.S. Constitution, Loreta M. Medina, book editor
- Bicentennial of the United States Constitution, a resource guide, Supplement II, 1989
- African Americans and the living Constitution, edited by John Hope Franklin and Genna Rae McNeil
- Shays' Rebellion and the Constitution in American history, Mary E. Hull
- The founders' Second Amendment, origins of the right to bear arms, Stephen P. Halbrook
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