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"A popular Government without popular information, or the means of acquiring it, is but as Prologue to a Farce or a Tragedy; or perhaps both. Knowledge will forever govern ignorance: And a people who mean to be their own Governors, must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives."
– James Madison, "Letter to W. T. Barry" (August 4, 1822)
Organizations
Recent Articles
- New York Times (NYTimes.com) This link opens in a new window UD subscribes to the New York Times. Students, faculty and staff may access the online version by registering for the NYT Group Pass.
What is Constitution Day?
"Constitution Day and Citizenship Day" is observed every year on September 17. This observance is established by federal law to commemorate September 17, 1787, the date of the signing of the United States Constitution by members of the Constitutional Congress.
The Honorable Lisa Blunt Rochester, Representative from the State of Delaware address UD on Constitution Day
U. S. Representative Lisa Blunt Rochester delivered the eighth annual James R. Soles Lecture on the Constitution and Citizenship on Constitution Day: Monday, September 17, 2018, in Gore Recital Hall in the Roselle Center for the Arts.
The Documents
Detail of the Constitution showing the signatures. National Archives.
- The Constitution of the United States (National Archives)This National Archives page offers a wealth of resources: facsimiles of the original constitution, transcription, and information about the constitution. Part of the America's Founding Documents collection.
Constitution of the United States of America As Amended: Unratified Amendments, Analytical IndexHouse document (U. S. Congress. House); 110-50. Government Publishing Office.
- The Constitution of the United States of America. Supplement : analysis and interpretation : analysis of cases decided by the Supreme Court of the United States to ...2017 Edition (Cases decided through August 26, 2017)
Encyclopedias and Analyses
- The Founder's ConstitutionBy Philip B Kurland; Ralph Lerner. A comprehensive anthology of original historical documents relating to the legal and historical context of the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights.
Constitutional Issue Resources
Free Speech and False Speech : Political Deception and Its Legal Limits (Or Lack Thereof) by
"This book examines the history of the legal discourse around political falsehood and its future in the wake of the 2012 US Supreme Court decision in US v. Alvarez through communication law, political philosophy, and communication theory perspectives. As US v. Alvarez confirmed First Amendment protection for lies, Robert N. Spicer addresses how the ramifications of that decision function by looking at statutory and judicial handling of First Amendment protection for political deception. Illustrating how commercial speech is regulated but political speech is not, Spicer evaluates the role of deception in politics and its consequences for democracy in a contemporary political environment where political personalities, partisan media, and dark money donors bend the truth and abuse the virtue of free expression."
Publication Date: 2018
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