American Political Rhetoric : A Reader

by Lawler, Peter Augustine

• ISBN13: 9780742511736
• ISBN10: 0742511731
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-12-01
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc

Summary

American Political Rhetoric is the only reader designed for introductory classes in American politics and government that is both focused on fundamental political principles and includes nothing but classic examples of our nation's political rhetoric. The fourth edition of this book is completely reorganized, with material both contemporary and classic added to each chapter. The most noteworthy innovations include a separate chapter on gender and the latest Supreme Court opinions on school prayer and abortion.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
Introduction	xi
Founding Principles	1	(44)
The Declaration of Independence (1776)	1	(3)
Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America (1835)	4	(7)
The Northwest Ordinance (1787)	11	(1)
Federalist 9	12	(3)
Federalist 10	15	(6)
Federalist 47	21	(6)
Federalist 48	27	(4)
Federalist 49	31	(3)
Federalist 51	34	(4)
Centinel, Letter I (1787)	38	(3)
On Property (1792)	41	(2)
James Madison
Farewell Address (1796)	43	(1)
George Washington
Letter to John Adams (1813)	44	(1)
Thomas Jefferson
Federalism	45	(34)
Federalist 39	45	(4)
Notes on the State of Virginia (1784)	49	(1)
Thomas Jefferson
McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)	50	(5)
Hammer v. Dagenhart (1918)	55	(4)
United States v. Darby (1941)	59	(1)
State of the Union Address (1982)	60	(2)
Ronald Reagan
Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority (1985)	62	(5)
U.S. Term Limits, Inc. v. Thornton (1995)	67	(6)
United States v. Lopez (1995)	73	(6)
President and Congress	79	(28)
Federalist 57	79	(5)
Federalist 63	84	(2)
Federalist 70	86	(1)
Federalist 71	87	(2)
Federalist 73	89	(3)
Message to Congress in Special Session (1861)	92	(2)
Abraham Lincoln
Message to Congress (1942)	94	(2)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
The War Powers Resolution (1973)	96	(2)
United States v. Nixon (1974)	98	(3)
The Nixon Pardon (1974)	101	(2)
Gerald R. Ford
Message to the House of Representatives Returning without Approval the Foreign Relations Authorization Act (1989)	103	(4)
George H. Bush
Judiciary	107	(54)
Essay XI (1788)	107	(1)
Brutus
Federalist 78	108	(6)
Marbury v. Madison (1803)	114	(6)
First Inaugural Address (1861)	120	(1)
Abraham Lincoln
Speech to the Text and Teaching Symposium, Georgetown University (1985)	120	(6)
William J. Brennan Jr.
Interpreting the Constitution (1987)	126	(2)
Robert H. Bork
Roe v. Wade (1973)	128	(5)
Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey (1992)	133	(5)
Speaking in a Judicial Voice (1992)	138	(3)
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Stenberg v. Carhart (2000)	141	(10)
Lee v. Weisman (1992)	151	(3)
Santa Fe Independent School District v. Jane Doe (2000)	154	(7)
Constitutional Preservation and Political Change	161	(68)
Letter to Nehemiah Dodge and Others (1802)	161	(1)
Thomas Jefferson
Address Before the Young Men's Lyceum of Springfield, Illinois (1838)	162	(7)
Abraham Lincoln
Democracy in America (1840)	169	(3)
Alexis de Tocqueville
The Gettysburg Address (1863)	172	(1)
Abraham Lincoln
Constitutional Government in the United States (1908)	172	(2)
Woodrow Wilson
Commonwealth Club Campaign Speech (1932)	174	(8)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Address to the Young Democratic Clubs of America (1935)	182	(3)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Fireside Chat on Party Primaries (1938)	185	(1)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Message on the State of the Union (1944)	186	(3)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
The Port Huron Statement (1962)	189	(2)
State of the Union Address (1964)	191	(2)
Lyndon B. Johnson
Commencement Address at the University of Michigan (1964)	193	(3)
Lyndon B. Johnson
State of the Union Address (1982)	196	(4)
Ronald Reagan
Speech Delivered at the Harvard Class Day (1985)	200	(7)
Mario M. Cuomo
Address to a Joint Session of Congress (1990)	207	(3)
Vaclav Havel
Restoring Basic Values, Strengthening the Family (1992)	210	(4)
Dan Quayle
Change: From What to What? (1992)	214	(3)
Barbara Jordan
Remarks to the Convocation of the Church of God in Christ in Memphis (1993)	217	(3)
Bill Clinton
Remarks at the Welfare Reform Bill Signing (1996)	220	(4)
Bill Clinton
Remarks on the Human Genome Project (2000)	224	(5)
Bill Clinton
Civil Rights: Race	229	(60)
Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857)	229	(5)
Sections of the U.S. Constitution Concerning Slavery	234	(1)
Draft of the Declaration of Independence (1776)	234	(1)
Thomas Jefferson
Notes on the State of Virginia (1784)	235	(1)
Thomas Jefferson
Speech on Repeal of the Missouri Compromise (1854)	236	(5)
Abraham Lincoln
Address for the Promotion of Colored Enlistment (1864)	241	(1)
Frederick Douglass
``Corner Stone'' Speech (1861)	241	(1)
Alexander Stephens
Oration in Memory of Abraham Lincoln (1876)	242	(1)
Frederick Douglass
Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)	243	(1)
Brown v. Board of Education (1954)	244	(4)
Letter from a Birmingham Jail (1963)	248	(14)
Martin Luther King Jr.
I Have a Dream (1963)	262	(3)
Martin Luther King Jr.
Address on Voting Rights (1965)	265	(6)
Lyndon B. Johnson
South Carolina v. Katzenbach (1966)	271	(3)
Fullilove v. Klutznick (1980)	274	(4)
City of Richmond v. Croson (1989)	278	(6)
Adarand Constructors, Inc. v. Pena (1995)	284	(5)
Civil Rights: Gender	289	(22)
Letter to John Adams (1776)	289	(1)
Abigail Adams
Letter to Abigail Adams (1776)	290	(1)
John Adams
The Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions (1848)	290	(4)
Woman's Suffrage Movement (1870)	294	(3)
Frederick Douglass
Why Women Should Vote (1910)	297	(2)
Jane Addams
Rostker v. Goldberg (1981)	299	(2)
Address to the Women's Forum (1984)	301	(3)
Jeane Kirkpatrick
Romer v. Evans (1996)	304	(7)
Foreign Policy	311	(50)
Federalist 23	311	(1)
Pacificus (Alexander Hamilton), Letter No. 1 (1793)	312	(3)
Helvidius (James Madison), Letter No. 1 (1793)	315	(3)
Farewell Address (1796)	318	(3)
George Washington
``Four Freedoms'' Speech (1941)	321	(3)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
The Sources of Soviet Conduct (1947)	324	(3)
George F. Kennan
Special Message to Congress on Greece and Turkey: The Truman Doctrine (1947)	327	(3)
Harry S Truman
Farewell Address (1961)	330	(3)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
``Ich bin ein Berliner'' (1963)	333	(1)
John F. Kennedy
Address at the University of Notre Dame (1977)	334	(5)
Jimmy Carter
Address Before the American Enterprise Institute (1981)	339	(6)
Jeane Kirkpatrick
Address to the British Parliament (1982)	345	(7)
Ronald Reagan
Defense Policy after the Cold War (1992)	352	(4)
Malcolm Wallop
Beyond Peace (1994)	356	(2)
Richard M. Nixon
``Why We're Involved in Kosovo'' (1999)	358	(3)
Bill Clinton
Appendix: The Constitution of the United States of America	361	(22)
About the Editors	383