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xxxiii, 404 pages ; 23 cm |
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The Virginia Declaration of Rights -- An excerpt from the autobiography of Thomas Jefferson, recalling the writing of the Declaration of Independence -- The Declaration of Independence -- A letter from Thomas Jefferson to Roger C. Weightman, marking the fiftieth anniversary of American Independence -- The Articles of Confederation -- The Constitution of the United States -- Resolution of transmittal -- Washington's letter of transmittal -- Ratification by the states -- Virginia's resolution of ratification -- New York's resolution of ratification -- The Articles of Amendment -- Summary of state action on Amendments -- Proposals of Amendment not adopted -- Constitution of the Confederate States of America -- The Kentucky Resolution of November 10, 1798 -- The Virginia Resolution of December 21, 1798 -- The Kentucky Resolution of November 14, 1799 -- "Mr. Madison's Report" to the Virginia General Assembly, January 7, 1800 -- Thomas Jefferson on Constitutional issues |
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A letter to James Madison, 1787 -- Opinion on the constitutionality of a National Bank -- A letter to Elbridge Gerry, 1799 -- A letter to Gideon Granger, 1800 -- A letter to Wilson Cary Nichols, 1803 -- A letter to Spencer Roane, 1815 -- A letter to Spencer Roane, 1819 -- A letter to William Charles Jarvis -- A letter to Thomas Ritchie, 1820 -- A letter to Spencer Roane, 1821 -- A letter to William Johnson, 1823 -- A letter to William Branch Giles, 1825 -- The Fort Hill Address of John C. Calhoun -- A question of intent, a statement on behalf of the Virginia Commission on Constitutional Government, before the Subcommittee on Constitutional Amendments of the United States Senate -- Did the court interpret or amend? The meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment, in terms of a State's power to operate racially separate public schools, as defined by the courts |
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Report of the Committee on Federal-State Relationships as affected by judicial decisions, adopted by the Conference of Chief Justices at Pasadena, August 1958. |
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Federal government -- United States.
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Constitutional law -- Sources.
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Virginia. Commission on Constitutional Government.
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