Welcome to Constitutional Law. You can find the link to the syllabus here.

Please complete the reading for the first day of class:

Class 1 – 8/13/18

The Founding

• The Origins of the Constitution (3-4)
• The Declaration of Independence (4-12)
• The Articles of Confederation (31-32)
• Read the Articles of Confederation (li-lvi)
• Drafting and Ratifying the Constitution (32-35)
• Read the Constitution of the United States (xxxiii – xlii).
• The Federalist Papers (35-36)
• Federalist No. 10 (36-41).
• Federalist No. 78 (41-46)
• Federalist No. 51 (46-50)
• The Origins of the Bill of Rights and Anti-Federalist Complaints (50-51)
• James Madison Delivers on the Promise of a Bill of Rights (56)
• Read the Amendments to the Constitution (xlii-l)

Note: Read these documents in their entirety. They’re not long. And no one should graduate law school without reading them at least once.