American Political Rhetoric : Essential Speeches and Writings on Founding Principles and Contem...
ISBN: 9781442202948 | 1442202947
Edition: 6thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc
Pub. Date: 9/1/2010
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American Political Rhetoric is the only reader for introductory classes in American politics and government and political communication designed to explore fundamental political principles through classic examples of political rhetoric, from the Declaration of Independence to today. Selections include the entire political spectrum and contributors range from the founders to elected public officials, Supreme Court opinions, and representatives of historic movements for social change. Organized thematically, American Political Rhetoric allows students to explore the institutions of government and current controversies in civil rights, race, gender, and America's role in the world as the issues have evolved over time.
| Introduction | p. xi |
| Founding Principles | p. 1 |
| The Declaration of Independence (1776) | p. 1 |
| Democracy in America (1835) | p. 4 |
| The Northwest Ordinance (1787) | p. 10 |
| Federalist 9 | p. 11 |
| Federalist 10 | p. 14 |
| Federalist 47 | p. 19 |
| Federalist 48 | p. 25 |
| Federalist 49 | p. 28 |
| Federalist 51 | p. 32 | ... MORE
| Centinel, Letter I (1787) | p. 35 |
| On Property (1792) | p. 38 |
| Farewell Address (1796) | p. 40 |
| Letter to John Adams (1813) | p. 41 |
| Federalism | p. 43 |
| Federalist 39 | p. 43 |
| Notes on the State of Virginia (1784) | p. 47 |
| McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) | p. 48 |
| Hammer v. Dagenhart (1918) | p. 52 |
| United States v. Darby (1941) | p. 56 |
| Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority (1985) | p. 57 |
| United States v. Lopez (1995) | p. 61 |
| President and Congress | p. 67 |
| Federalist 57 | p. 67 |
| Federalist 63 | p. 71 |
| Federalist 70 | p. 73 |
| Federalist 71 | p. 74 |
| Federalist 73 | p. 76 |
| Message to Congress in Special Session (1861) | p. 79 |
| Message to Congress (1942) | p. 81 |
| The War Powers Resolution (1973) | p. 82 |
| United States v. Nixon (1974) | p. 84 |
| The Nixon Pardon (1974) | p. 88 |
| September 11, 2001 [2001] | p. 89 |
| Statement on the Intelligence Authorization Act (2004) | p. 91 |
| Memorandum on Presidential Signing Statements (2009) | p. 92 |
| Judiciary | p. 95 |
| Brutus Essay XI (1788) | p. 95 |
| Federalist 78 | p. 96 |
| Marbury v. Madison (1803) | p. 102 |
| First Inaugural Address (1861) | p. 106 |
| Court-Packing Address (1937) | p. 107 |
| Speech to the Text and Teaching Symposium, Georgetown University (1985) | p. 110 |
| Connecticut Griswold v. (1965) | p. 115 |
| Roe v. Wade (1973) | p. 117 |
| Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey (1992) | p. 121 |
| Speaking in a Judicial Voice (1992) | p. 126 |
| Gonzales v. Carhart (2007) | p. 129 |
| Lee v. Weisman (1992) | p. 133 |
| McCreary v. American Civil Liberties Union (2005) | p. 135 |
| District of Columbia v. Heller (2008) | p. 138 |
| Parties and Elections | p. 143 |
| Parties (1792) | p. 143 |
| The Danger Threatening Representative Government (1897) | p. 144 |
| Constitutional Government in the United States (1908) | p. 147 |
| Fireside Chat on Party Primaries (1938) | p. 152 |
| The McGovern-Fraser Commission Report (1971) | p. 153 |
| Constitutional Preservation and Political Change | p. 157 |
| Letter to Nehemiah Dodge and Others: A Committee of the Danbury Baptist Association, in the State of Connecticut (1802) | p. 157 |
| The Perpetuation of Our Political Institutions: Address Before the Young Men's Lyceum of Springfield, Illinois (1838) | p. 158 |
| Democracy in America (1840) | p. 164 |
| Final Text of the Address Delivered at the Dedication of the Cemetery at Gettysburg (1863) | p. 167 |
| Constitutional Government in the United States (1908) | p. 167 |
| Commonwealth Club Campaign Speech (1932) | p. 169 |
| Address to the Young Democratic Clubs of America (1935) | p. 177 |
| State of the Union Address (1964) | p. 179 |
| Commencement Address at the University of Michigan (1964) | p. 181 |
| State of the Union Address (1982) | p. 183 |
| Remarks at the Welfare Reform Bill Signing (1996) | p. 187 |
| Remarks on the Human Genome Project (2000) | p. 191 |
| Remarks on Stem Cell Research (2001) | p. 193 |
| Remarks on the Stem Cell Executive Order and Scientific Integrity Presidential Memorandum (2009) | p. 196 |
| Civil Rights: Race | p. 201 |
| Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857) | p. 201 |
| Sections of the U.S. Constitution Concerning Slavery | p. 205 |
| Draft of the Declaration of Independence (1776) | p. 206 |
| Notes on the State of Virginia (1784) | p. 206 |
| Speech on the Repeal of the Missouri Compromise (1854) | p. 208 |
| Address for the Promotion of Colored Enlistment (1864) | p. 212 |
| Cornerstone Speech (1861) | p. 213 |
| Oration in Memory of Abraham Lincoln (1876) | p. 213 |
| Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) | p. 214 |
| Brown v. Board of Education (1954) | p. 215 |
| Letter from a Birmingham Jail (1963) | p. 219 |
| Address on Voting Rights (1965) | p. 228 |
| Regents of the University of California v. Bakke (1978) | p. 233 |
| City of Richmond v. Croson (1989) | p. 236 |
| Adarand Constructors, Inc. v. Pena (1995) | p. 241 |
| Bollinger Grutter v. (2003) | p. 243 |
| A More Perfect Union (2008) | p. 251 |
| Ricci v. DeStefano (2009) | p. 259 |
| Civil Rights: Gender | p. 265 |
| Letter to John Adams (1776) | p. 265 |
| Letter to Abigail Adams (1776) | p. 266 |
| The Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions (1848) | p. 266 |
| Woman's Suffrage Movement (1870) | p. 270 |
| Why Women Should Vote (1910) | p. 272 |
| Rostker v. Goldberg (1981) | p. 274 |
| Address to the Women's Forum (1984) | p. 276 |
| Change: From What to What? (1992) | p. 279 |
| Romer v. Evans (1996) | p. 281 |
| Lawrence v. Texas (2003) | p. 287 |
| Foreign Policy | p. 293 |
| Federalist 23 | p. 293 |
| Pacificus, Letter No. 1 (1793) | p. 294 |
| Helvidius, Letter No. 1 (1793) | p. 297 |
| Farewell Address (1796) | p. 299 |
| Four Freedoms Speech (1941) | p. 302 |
| Special Message to Congress on Greece and Turkey: The Truman Doctrine (1947) | p. 304 |
| Farewell Address (1961) | p. 307 |
| Address at the University of Notre Dame (1977) | p. 309 |
| Address to the British Parliament (1982) | p. 313 |
| Second Inaugural Address (2005) | p. 319 |
| Remarks by the President at the Acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize (2009) | p. 322 |
| Appendix: The Constitution of the United States of America | p. 327 |
| About the Editors | p. 347 |
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Peter Augustine Lawler is Dana Professor of Government at Berry College in Georgia and editor of the scholarly quarterly Perspectives on Political Science. Robert Martin Schaefer is chair of the Department of Political Science and Planning and professor of political science at the University of West Georgia
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