Intro Seminar Readings
Intro Seminar Readings
-
The Declaration of Independence
- The Articles of Confederation
- The United States Constitution
- "Vices of the Political System of the United States," James Madison, 1787
- James Madison's letter to George Washington on April 16, 1787
- The speeches of James Madison and James Wilson during the Philadelphia Convention {July 5, 13, 14, 1787}
- James Wilson's speech on October 6, 1787
- The Federalist:
- "Introduction" in Eugene W. Hickok, Jr. The Bill of Rights: Original Meaning and Current Understanding, 1991
- Marbury v. Madison (1803)
- McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)
- Barron v. Baltimore (1833)
- Gitlow v. New York (1925)
