Last week, the State Democracy Research Initiative from the University of Wisconsin Law School launched two new interactive websites highlighting the uniqueness of state constitutions: The Democracy Principle & Tracking Constitutional Change. “State constitutions are unique …
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UW Law School Launches New Peer-Reviewed, Journal of American Constitutional History
Last week, the University of Wisconsin Law School launched the new Journal of American Constitutional History, a peer-reviewed, web-based journal publishing high-quality scholarship on U.S. constitutional history. JACH welcomes articles from the disciplines of law, history, or political science …
UW Law Library Hosts 19th Amendment Centennial Exhibit
The year 2020 marks the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment, guaranteeing and protecting the constitutional right to vote for women. In honor of the anniversary, the American Bar Association’s Standing Committee on …
Celebrating Constitution Day: A Virtual Tour
“We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty …
Search Full Text State Constitutional Documents
Interested in state constitutional issues? Check out the new state constitutional electronic collection from the Rutgers Law Library. The collection contains Constitutions, Constitutional Convention records, and other related documents for the constitutions of the 50 …
James Madison Likely Revised His Notes from Constitutional Convention to Distance Himself from Controversial Statements
Return to normal view · Wider · Narrower Return to normal view · Wider · Narrower Return to normal view · Wider · Narrower Return to normal view · Wider · Narrower According to research conducted by Boston College Law professor Mary Sarah Bilder,* “James Madison likely replaced several sheets of …
WI Voters to Consider Constitutional Amendment relating to Transportation Fund
On November 4th, Wisconsin voters will decide whether to adopt a constitutional amendment relating to a transportation fund and a department of transportation. From the Brief prepared by the Legislative Reference Bureau: Currently, the revenues …