Roger Williams, A Plea for Religious Liberty
Roger Williams, Wall of Separation   
Pennsylvania Charter of Liberty, 1682
English Bill of Rights
A Brief Narrative of the Case and Trial of John Peter Zenger
[Zenger trial evidence]
Declaratory Act
George Mason, 1776 Virginia Declaration of Rights
1776 Virginia Constitution
Articles of Confederation
Treaty of 1783
A Bill Establishing a Provision for Teachers of the Christian Religion
James Madison, Memorial and Remonstrance
Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom
Northwest Ordinance of 1787
Virginia Plan
U. S. Constitution
George Mason, Objections to the Proposed Constitution
Essays in The Federalist
Patrick Henry, Speeches in the Virginia Ratifying Convention
Judiciary Act of 1789
Jay Court, On Advisory Opinions
Alexander Hamilton, opinion on the constitutionality of the BUS
Thomas Jefferson, opinion on the constitutionality of the BUS
Madison, Essays in the National Gazette
Justice James Iredell’s Dissenting Opinion, Chisholm v. Georgia
Sedition Act
Ruling of Samuel Chase, Callender Trial
Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions
Selections from the VA Report
Hamilton's argument, Croswell Trial
Marshall Court, Marbury v. Madison
Marshall Court, Sturges v. Crowninshield
Marshall Court, McCulloch v. Maryland
Marshall Court, Barron v. Baltimore
Seneca Falls Declaration
South Carolina Ordinance of Nullification
Taney Court, Charles River Bridge v. Warren Bridge
Joseph Story, Dissent, Charles River Bridge case
Swift v. Tyson

Pollock v. Farmer's Loan and Trust Co.

Pollock Dissents

Plessy v. Ferguson

Harlan Dissent

Lochner v. NY--Dissents

Harlan

Holmes

Holmes, opinions on the 1st Amendment

Holmes Dissent--Black & White Taxicab and Transfer Co. v. Brown & Yellow Taxicab and Transfer Co.

Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins

West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish

Sutherland Dissent

Griswold v. Connecticut, Black Dissent

Baker v. Carr, Frankfurter Dissent

NY Times Co. v. Sullivan
 

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