Posted: 8/21/2006 10:56:36 AM EDT
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I suddenly find myself with some reading time on my hands, and would like to learn a thing or two about the U.S. Constitution and constitutional history. So, could you learned gentlemen recommend a few good texts beyond the Constitution and the Federalist Papers? Thanks in advance, CO |
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These I have not read, but are available in our university library: The taxing power : a reference guide to the United States Constitution / Jensen, Erik M. (2005) Righteous anger at the wicked states : the meaning of the founders’ Constitution / Johnson, Calvin H. (2005) How progressives rewrote the Constitution / Epstein, Richard A. (2006) <note: pretty obvious slant, but that doesn't mean I wouldn't read it> The constitution in exile : how the federal government has seized power by rewriting the supreme law of the land / Napolitano, Andrew P. (2006) <note: same as above> A companion to the United States Constitution and its amendments / Vile, John R. (2006) |
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These I have read (or, in the case of the latter, portions thereof): Summaries of leading cases on the Constitution / Paul C. Bartholomew, Joseph F. Menez (1990). Encyclopedia of the American Constitution / edited by Leonard W. Levy and Kenneth L. Karst (2000). <note: in six volumes> |
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No problem. The above link I gave you for the Antifed Papers is an excellent [electronic] resource. Here is the [direct] link to their document library: PatriotPost.us Document Library Things like the Code of Hammurabi, Articles of Confederation, Constitution (+BoR), Washington's Farewell Address (which contains one of my Top 10 Favorite Quotes), Davy Crockett's "Not Yours To Give." I also encourage/entreat you to read all the documents in the final section: "Historic Commentary." Be you well. 
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