Class 1 – 8/20/19
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.
