The U.S. Constitution

[Anonymous No.11440772]

What are some essential books on the history of the Constitution? I already know about The Federalist and The Anti Federalist Papers, but I'd also like some on Constitutional Law as well.

>U.S. Senate: Constitution of the United States
https://www.senate.gov/civics/constitution_item/constitution.htm

>Constitution of the United States of America | History, Provisions, Interpretation, & Amendments | Britannica.com
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Constitution-of-the-United-States-of-America

>The Heritage Guide to the Constitution
https://www.heritage.org/constitution/#!/

>United States Constitution - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Constitution

>History of the United States Constitution - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_Constitution

[Anonymous No.11440938]

The Debate on the Constitution: Federalist and Antifederalist Speeches, Articles, and Letters During the Struggle over Ratification

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/110342.The_Debate_on_the_Constitution_Part_1
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1215453.The_Debate_on_the_Constitution_Part_2

https://www.loa.org/books/32-the-debate-on-the-constitution-part-one-september-1787-to-february-1788
https://www.loa.org/books/33-the-debate-on-the-constitution-part-two-january-to-august-1788

[Anonymous No.11441648]

The U.S. Constitution: A Very Short Introduction by David J. Bodenhamer
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0195378326

>Though the U.S. Constitution was ratified in 1788, its impact on our lives is as recent as today's news. Claims and counterclaims about the constitutionality of governmental actions are a habit of American politics. This document, which its framers designed to limit power, often has made political conflict inevitable. It also has accommodated and legitimized the political and social changes of a vibrant, powerful democratic nation. A product of history's first modern revolution, the Constitution embraced a new formula for government: it restrained power on behalf of liberty, but it also granted power to promote and protect liberty.

>The U.S. Constitution: A Very Short Introduction explores the major themes that have shaped American constitutional history: federalism, the balance of powers, property, representation, equality, rights, and security. Informed by the latest scholarship, this book places constitutional history within the context of American political and social history. As our nation's circumstances have changed, so has our Constitution.

>Today we face serious challenges to the nation's constitutional legacy. Endless wars, a sharply divided electorate, economic inequality, and immigration, along with a host of other issues, have placed demands on government and on society that test our constitutional values. Understanding how the Constitution has evolved will help us adapt its principles to the challenges of our age.

[Anonymous No.11442262]

Weren't a lot of the founders age documents lost because of the British burning down our library in Washington D.C.?

[Anonymous No.11442273]

>>11440772
If you want to be really woke read this:

https://msuweb.montclair.edu/~furrg/gbi/fresia/fresia1.html#toc

[Anonymous No.11442290]

lol. amerimuts are going to be forced to study trumps tweets and speeches like those of the rather eloquent statesmen of yesteryear. fucking lol.

>>>/pol/

[Anonymous No.11442342]

>>11440772
The Heritage Guide to the Constitution
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/89961.The_Heritage_Guide_to_the_Constitution

[Anonymous No.11442421]

>>11440772
yangs want say sacred words . comms bad no have sacred words EAD PLEBNISTA

[Anonymous No.11442764]

The Political Theory of the American Founding: Natural Rights, Public Policy, and the Moral Conditions of Freedom by Thomas G. West

[Anonymous No.11443091]

>>11440772
Unironically this.

[Anonymous No.11443833]

>>11442764
Tell me more. More suggestions like this?

[Anonymous No.11444929]

The Constitution: An Introduction - Michael Stokes Paulsen

[Anonymous No.11445107]

>>11443833
The subtitle gives you a good outline of the book but here are some insightful interviews and articles about the book.

https://amgreatness.com/2017/10/07/america-must-innovate-or-die/
http://startingpointsjournal.com/author-meets-critics-thomas-g-wests-political-theory-american-founding/
https://thefederalist.com/2017/04/28/the-american-founders-knew-a-virtuous-republic-requires-virtuous-people/

[Anonymous No.11445544]

>>11440938
Excuse my ignorance but do 'Federalist and Antifederalist Speeches' = THE Federalist And Antifederalist Papers or are these two separate things

[Anonymous No.11445564]

>>11445544
Federalist and antifederalist were parties of sorts. Federalists were more in favor of the federal government having immense power, while anti-federalists were more in favor of individual states. The Federalist Papers were both a manifesto of sorts and a persuasive piece to get the populace to accept the constitution.

[Anonymous No.11445725]

>>11445564
So the 'Federalist Papers' and the 'Antifederalist Papers' are the speeches and letters included in the Library of America collection you linked, correct?

[Anonymous No.11446788]

>>11445107
Thanks. Any recommendations though?

[Anonymous No.11446882]

>>11440772
Isn’t it strange, in American law schools, in the required Constitution course, no one actually reads the Constitution, one of the greatest works of mankind.

[Anonymous No.11447100]

>>11440772
The Origins of the American Constitution: A Documentary History
by Michael Kammen
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0140087443

[Anonymous No.11447133]

>>11445544

Nice quad dubs. The authors of both were larping as Thucydides the entire time, and instead of inserting false speeches into a narrative they actually wrote and performed those speeches themselves, with a direct eye to posterity. Not all of the so called speeches were spoken, and most of the written works would have been read aloud (many could not read).

[Anonymous No.11448165]

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[Anonymous No.11448658]

>>11445544
>>11445544
These numbers make me forgive your ignorance.

[Anonymous No.11450136]

The Founding Fathers Guide to the Constitution by Brion McClanahan

[Anonymous No.11450672]

>>11450136
That Gutzman recommendation makes me want it.

[Anonymous No.11450706]

>>11440772
The federalist papers and the anti federalist papers

[Anonymous No.11451426]

>>11440938
The Library of America Thomas Jefferson is a good companion piece to this and it includes the original and revised drafts of the Declaration of Independence.

[Anonymous No.11452410]

bump

[Anonymous No.11452483]

>>11447133
The literacy rate in New York was exceedingly high, you know nothing of which you talk about you absolute buffoon

[Anonymous No.11452516]

>>11452483

>new york is the world

The average new yorker can't wipe his own ass if its off brand.

[Anonymous No.11453271]

Pick up some good textbooks on Constitutional Law.

[Anonymous No.11453349]

For a more “red-pilled” view of the constitution that questions the widespread progressive view, you might try Richard Epstein’s book the Classical Liberal Constitution.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=Azt4FT58Ehg

[Anonymous No.11453359]

>>11440772
the talmud

[Anonymous No.11453366]

>>11453359
Great post Rabbi!

[Anonymous No.11453502]

Posting this because apparently it pisses people.

[Anonymous No.11453522]

Who here Supreme Court gang?

[Anonymous No.11455424]

Our Lost Constitution and Written Out of History by Senator Mike Lee are both worth a read, even those who disagree are well advised to grasp his facts and arguments

[Anonymous No.11455434]

>>11440938
literally mentioned this in the OP

[Anonymous No.11455715]

>>11455424
I knew it wasn't going to happen but just thinking about Mike Lee on the Supreme Court got me excited.

[Anonymous No.11455730]

>>11453522
i can't believe that guy ran up $150,000 in credit card debt on sports gambling, what a fucking idiot, luckily the heritage foundation paid it off for him, but still, this guy is going to be interpreting the intent of the constitution for the entire country? idk man

[Anonymous No.11455751]

http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/yates.asp
>our government ought to secure the permanent interests of the country against innovation. Landholders ought to have a share in the government, to support these invaluable interests, and to balance and check the other.

>They ought to be so constituted as to protect the minority of the opulent against the majority.

>The senate, therefore, ought to be this body;
it's quite simple, really

[Anonymous No.11456724]

>>11455730
*snap*

[Anonymous No.11457194]

>>11440772
Original:
>life, liberty and property
We the Goys:
>life, liberty and the "pursuit of happiness"
Cucked from the very start.

[Anonymous No.11457338]

>>11457194
Big if true.

[Anonymous No.11457356]

>>11457194
Property is theft, "pursuit of happiness" at least has a bit of poetry to it.

[Anonymous No.11458640]

>>11455730
>>11457356
Go bed /leftypol/

[Anonymous No.11458642]

>>11440772
Mason & Dixon when you need a break.

[Anonymous No.11458684]

>>11455730
don't bully gambling addicts

[Anonymous No.11459039]

>>11458684
Pretty sure he actually just bought a bunch of sports tickets for him and his friends.

[Anonymous No.11459353]

>>11458642
Interesting recommendation. Any other good fiction to go alongside studying the Constitution?

[Anonymous No.11459418]

>>11459353
National Treasure