The Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution: Ratification of the Constitution by the States: North Carolina (Volumes 30-31) are the latest volumes in the Society Press's 34-plus volume Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution series, praised as "the most important editorial project in the nation" by constitutional historian Leonard Levy. They detail public and private ratification debates between North Carolina's opponents and proponents of the Constitution. The series aims to preserve the state-by-state debates about the ratification of the United States Constitution. It is an unrivalled reference work on the US Constitution. Each volume is encyclopaedic, consisting of manuscripts and published documents compiled from thousands of sources, carefully transcribed, thoroughly annotated, comprehensively indexed and often accompanied by a variety of supplemental documents.
Hunter's Lessee In 1816 the case of Martin v . Hunter's Lessee came before the Supreme Court . This legal conflict involved the ownership of land in Virginia . Hunter claimed that the land in question had been given to him by the state ...
Explains each of the twenty-six amendments to the Constitution.
Focuses on freedom of speech in American intellectual life. Covers debates on verbal expression and hate-speech bans.
Valeo , 1:57 ; 2 : 134-135 ; 3 : 32-33 , 61 Bullock v . Carter , 3:31 ; 4:48 Burger , Warren , 1:43 on abortion , 4:55 on free speech in schools , 3:26 on obscenity , 3:50 on Watergate scandal , 1 : 130 Burke , Edmund , 1:41 Burr ...
The position a person takes in this de- ! bate will determine how one approaches interpreting the Tenth Amend- | ment . Suppose one decides that the Tenth Amendment simply confines Congress to its delegated powers .
Highlights: - Explains how the controversy over the jurisprudence of original intent can obscure vital processes of constitutional change- An indispensable companion to any modern debate about amending the Constitution and to any modern ...
Alternatives '91: Constitutional Tour Guide
In 1998, the federal government invited the Supreme Court to give an opinion on questions concerning the possible secession of Quebec from Canada.
Discusses the definition and history of the First Amendment and considers present day problems regarding the rights it guarantees.
Vile surveys more than two centuries of scholarship on Article V and concludes that the weight of the evidence indicates that states and Congress have the legal right to limit the scope of such conventions to a single subject and that ...