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God and the founders God and the founders Vincent Phillip Muñoz Did the Founding Fathers intend to build a "wall of separation" between church and state? Are public Ten Commandments displays or the phrase "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance consistent with th… OL13646859W
The great decision The great decision Cliff Sloan In 1800, the United States teetered on the brink of a second revolution. The presidential election between Adams and Jefferson was a bitterly contested tie, and the government neared collapse. The Su… OL13647034W
The constitutional origins of the American Revolution The constitutional origins of the American Revolution Jack P. Greene "Using the British Empire as a case study, this succinct study argues that the establishment of overseas settlements in America created a problem of constitutional organization. The failure to resolv… OL15456712W
Ratification Ratification Pauline Maier The dramatic story of the debate over the ratification of the Constitution, the first new account of this seminal moment in American history in years. OL15473810W
The nature of Supreme Court power The nature of Supreme Court power Matthew E. K. Hall,Matthew Eric Kane Hall "This book offers a comprehensive theory of Supreme Court power, identifying conditions under which the Court is successful at altering the behavior of state and private actors. Matthew E.K. Hall dep… OL15660418W
Shays' Rebellion and the Constitution in American history Shays' Rebellion and the Constitution in American history Mary Hull Describes the attempted revolt of Massachusetts farmers and yeomen which revealed the instability of the Articles of Confederation and the need for a stronger Constitution. OL15860561W
Natural law and the antislavery constitutional tradition Natural law and the antislavery constitutional tradition Justin Buckley Dyer "Natural Law and the Antislavery Constitutional Tradition is a succinct account of the development of American antislavery constitutionalism in the years preceding the Civil War"-- OL16015245W
Lincoln and the triumph of the nation Lincoln and the triumph of the nation Mark E. Neely "The Civil War placed the U.S. Constitution under unprecedented--and, to this day, still unmatched--strain. In Lincoln and the Triumph of the Nation, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Mark Neely exami… OL16262907W
The revolutionary constitution The revolutionary constitution David J. Bodenhamer "The framers of the Constitution chose their words carefully when they wrote of a more perfect union--not absolutely perfect, but with room for improvement. Indeed, we no longer operate under the sam… OL16568831W
The Constitution The Constitution David Armentrout,Patricia Armentrout Explains the formation of the United States Constitution, the people involved in getting it ratified, and how it changed government. OL1809931W
Constitutional myths Constitutional myths Ray Raphael "Americans of late have taken to waving the Constitution in the air and proclaiming, 'The founders were on MY side! See, it's all right here!' But these phantom constitutions bear little relation to … OL19964916W
Madison's music Madison's music Burt Neuborne "Are you sitting down? It turns out that everything you learned about the First Amendment is wrong. For too long, we've been treating small, isolated snippets of the text as infallible gospel without… OL19996533W
The Presidents and the Constitution The Presidents and the Constitution Ken Gormley "In this sweepingly ambitious volume, the nation's foremost experts on the American presidency and the U.S. Constitution join together to tell the intertwined stories of how each American president h… OL20029925W
Athens, Rome, and England Athens, Rome, and England Matthew A. Pauley "Uncovering the Roots of the U.S. ConstitutionAmerica's Constitution did not spring up suddenly in 1787. The framers were influenced at every turn by a tradition of constitutional development dating … OL23336034W
The Chase Court The Chase Court Jonathan Lurie The Chase Court: Justices, Rulings, and Legacy examines the workings and legacies of the Supreme Court during the tenure of Chief Justice Salmon Portland Chase. Accompanying an in-depth analysis of t… OL2674810W
Courting Disaster Courting Disaster Martin Garbus "Martin Garbus, one of the country's most celebrated trial lawyers and First Amendment attorneys, has been watching the Court closely for decades, and in Courting Disaster, he argues that it's time t… OL2742347W
The Supreme Court and the American elite, 1789-2008 The Supreme Court and the American elite, 1789-2008 L. A. Scot Powe "'The Supreme Court follows the election returns, ' the fictional Mr. Dooley observed a hundred years ago. And for all our ideals and dreams of a disinterested judiciary, above the political fray, it… OL4477069W
First in peace First in peace John M. Rosenburg about George Washington OL509841W
The Iroquois Constitution The Iroquois Constitution Lesli J. Favor A discussion of the constitution of the Iroquois Confederacy and the influence of this constitution and its values on the political ideas of the United States. OL5800732W
Statehood Process of the Fifty States Statehood Process of the Fifty States Garrine P. Laney "Following its independence from Britain, the United States faced the question of how to dispose of lands located outside the colonial borders. Several pieces of legislation were considered at the Co… OL6028895W
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