Constitution 101
The Meaning and History of the Constitution
Constitution 201
The Progressive Rejection of the Founding
and the Rise of Bureaucratic Despotism
- Letter to Henry Lee – Excerpt – Thomas Jefferson
- On the Commonwealth – Cicero
- Nicomachean Ethics – Excerpt – Aristotle
- The Politics – Aristotle
- Discourses Concerning Government – Algernon Sidney
- Second Treatise of Government – John Locke
- Fragment on the Constitution and the Union – Abraham Lincoln
- The Inspiration of the Declaration – Calvin Coolidge
- Federalist 52 – Excerpt – James Madison
- Federalist 53 – Excerpt – James Madison
- Federalist 55 – James Madison
- Federalist 57 – James Madison
- Federalist 62 – James Madison
- Federalist 63 – James Madison
- Federalist 70 – Alexander Hamilton
- Federalist 71 – Alexander Hamilton
- Federalist 73 – Excerpt – Alexander Hamilton
- Federalist 78 – Alexander Hamilton
- Marbury v. Madison – John Marshall
- Fast Day Proclamation of the Continental Congress
- Virginia Declaration of Rights – George Mason
- Memorial and Remonstrance against Religious Assessments – James Madison
- Letter to the Danbury Baptist Association – Thomas Jefferson
- The Northwest Ordinance
- Letter to the Hebrew Congregation – George Washington
- Farewell Address – Excerpt –George Washington
- On Property – James Madison
- Speech on the Kansas–Nebraska Act – Abraham Lincoln
- Dred Scott v. Sandford – Roger Taney
- Speech on the Dred Scott Decision – Abraham Lincoln
- A House Divided – Abraham Lincoln
- Address at Cooper Institute – Abraham Lincoln
- First Inaugural Address – Abraham Lincoln
- Message to Congress in Special Session – Abraham Lincoln
- The Emancipation Proclamation – Abraham Lincoln
- Gettysburg Address – Abraham Lincoln
- Second Inaugural Address – Abraham Lincoln
- The American Conception of Liberty – Excerpt – Frank Goodnow
- What is Progress? – Woodrow Wilson
- Liberalism and Social Action – John Dewey
- Socialism and Democracy – Excerpt – Woodrow Wilson
- Commonwealth Club Address – Franklin D. Roosevelt
- What Good's a Constitution? – Winston Churchill
- Annual Message to Congress – Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Remarks at the University of Michigan – Lyndon B. Johnson
- Commencement Address at Howard University – Lyndon B. Johnson
- A Time for Choosing – Ronald Reagan
- First Inaugural Address – Ronald Reagan
- The Old Order Changeth – Woodrow Wilson
- What is Progress? – Excerpt – Woodrow Wilson
- The President of the United States – Woodrow Wilson
- The Study of Administration – Woodrow Wilson
- The Declaration of Independence
- Virginia Declaration of Rights – George Mason
- Liberalism and Social Action – John Dewey
- Socialism and Democracy – Woodrow Wilson
- Campaign Address in Yonkers – Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Commonwealth Club Address – Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Democratic Convention Address – Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Annual Message to Congress – Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Remarks at the University of Michigan – Lyndon B. Johnson
- Commencement Address at Howard University – Lyndon B. Johnson
- The Nationwide War on the Sources of Poverty – Lyndon B. Johnson
- Remarks Upon Accepting the Nomination – Lyndon B. Johnson
- Toward Full Educational Opportunity – Lyndon B. Johnson
- On Conservation and Restoration of Natural Beauty – Lyndon B. Johnson
- Remarks upon Signing the Public Broadcasting Act – Lyndon B. Johnson
- Our One-Part Democracy – Thomas L. Friedman
- Too Much of a Good Thing: Why We Need Less Democracy – Peter Orszag
- Sackett v. EPA – Antonin Scalia, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and Samuel Alito
- Our Imbecilic Constitution – Sanford Levinson
- Speech at the Text and Teaching Symposium – William Brennan
- Progressive Democracy – Herbert Croly
- Humphrey's Executor v. United States – George Sutherland
- Mistretta v. United States – Harry Blackmun and Antonin Scalia
- Remarks at the University of Michigan – Excerpt – Lyndon B. Johnson
- Commencement Address at Howard University – Lyndon B. Johnson
- Memoirs v. Massachusetts – Tom Clark and William Douglas
- Harris v. McRae – Thurgood Marshall
- Lawrence v. Texas – Anthony Kennedy
- Remarks on the Human Rights Agenda for the 21st Century – Hillary Clinton
- Remarks in Recognition of Human Rights Day – Hillary Clinton
- A New Beginning – Barack Obama
- The Northwest Ordinance
- Query XVII, "Manners" – Thomas Jefferson
- Farewell Address – Excerpt – George Washington
- Letter to the Annual Meeting of Quakers – George Washington
- Abington v. Schempp – William J. Brennan
- Memoirs v. Massachusetts – Tom Clark and William Douglas
- Harris v. McRae – Thurgood Marshall
- Lawrence v. Texas – Anthony Kennedy