Lanahan Readings in the American Polity: table of contents
*** use the essays list for your research on your topics per this link***
Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville
This link is for the XRoads site by the Univ of Virginia, which has background info along with the text of the book.
ProCon.org: for both sides of an argument. Good for debate!!
Our own Prez offers the following links on various Court topics — most useful. Thanks, Prez!
Debate of Scalia v. Breyer on Originalism v. Non-Originalism
http://www.c-span.org/Events/AC-Supreme-Court-Assoc-Justices-Antonin-Scalia-Stephen-Breyer/15702-1/
http://www.c-span.org/Events/AC-Supreme-Court-Justices-Antonin-Scalia-Stephen-Breyer/17504-1/
An interesting article about the due process clause… Should the rule of law in Lawrence and Garner v. Texas be applied to Poligamists?
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/21/opinion/21turley.html
This is one on discrimination in private enterprises, focused on the Boy Scouts http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-02-04/can-boy-scouts-overrule-supreme-court-ruling-.html
Class vs. Race Based Admissions
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/19/opinion/class-based-vs-race-based-admissions.html
On Gideon and whether the poor truly get fair representation http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/16/us/16gideon.html?pagewanted=all