Michael Kammen's A Machine That Research Proposal

Kammen convincingly shows that how Americans feel about the Constitution is often very different from what lies within the document. In doing so, he encourages the reader to take a more critical view of his or her own conception of the Constitution and to question assumptions that we have somehow always known what the Founders envisioned. We are neglectful of our duties as citizens, says Kammen, if we do not read the Constitution in light of its cultural history and grow more reflexive and self-critical as a nation about the way we view it. The Constitution...

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PBS. "The first hundred years." The Supreme Court. 2007. December 30, 2009.
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/supremecourt/antebellum/print/history.html

"Text of John Roberts' opening statement before the Senate Judiciary Committee." USA Today.

September 12, 2005. December 30, 2009.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2005-09-12-roberts-fulltext_x.htm

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Rosen, Jeffrey. PBS. "The first hundred years." The Supreme Court. 2007. December 30, 2009.

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/supremecourt/antebellum/print/history.html

"Text of John Roberts' opening statement before the Senate Judiciary Committee." USA Today.

September 12, 2005. December 30, 2009.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2005-09-12-roberts-fulltext_x.htm


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