The Constitution and Citizenship

• The Constitution of the United States  Read the full-text in English, Spanish, Korean, Arabic or other languages.
• The Constitution of the United States: Questions and Answers   The National Archives and Records Administration provides answers to frequently asked questions about the U.S. Constitution.  This site includes digital images of the Constitution and related documents.
• Centuries of Citizenship: A Constitutional Timeline  Highlights selected events pertinent to our constitutional history over the past 200 years
• The Constitution at a Glance - Section headings in the Constitution, Bill of Rights, and other Amendments 
• The Constitution of the United States -  Full-text of the preamble and seven articles that make up the US Constitution.
• Kerber, Linda K. The Meanings of Citizenship. The Journal of American History  84, no. 3. (Dec., 1997): 833-854.
• Presidential Proclamation  President Bush calls for special observances during Constitution Week, September 17 -23, 2007.  September 17 is officially Constitution Day and Citizenship Day.
• The Constitution of the United States:  A transcription in its original form.
• Constitution of the United States Questions and Answers excerpted from The Story of the Constitution by Sol Bloom, Washington, DC : National Archives and Record Administration, 1986, c1937.
• The Bill of Rights A transcription of the Bill of Rights and the amendments to the Constitution.

Due Process and Equal Protection

• Constitution Topic:  Due Process  A brief overview from The US Constitution Online.
• Due Process, an extensive overview in Wikipedia 
• Due Process - History and scope prepared by Legal Research.
• Due Process of Law: Procedural and Substantive Issues - Lecture notes from Professor Mark Stevens at North Carolina Wesleyan College.
• Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution- Annotations from FindLaw regarding rights guaranteed,  privileges and immunities of  citizenship, due process and equal protection.
• Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution - Annotations from FindLaw regarding due process and the rights of persons.
• Reparations for Afro Americans -  Includes examples of violations  against black Americans.
• A Sample of Historic Due Process Cases Substantive Due Process - Notes from a law seminar at Stanford.
• Procedural Due Process: A  Reference Guide to the US Constitution - View excerpts from the book by Rhonda Wasserman. (Book available at the Law Library, KF4765 W37 2004)
• The Constitution and Due Process - An opinion by Syracuse University professor Kenneth J. Pennington.
• Conservatism vs. the Constitution - An essay by Roger Pilon, founder of the Cato Institute's Center for Constitutional Studies.
• Ebony interviews Justice Thurgood Marshall -  Justice Marshall reflects on the dream of equality.
• Jurisdiction and Due Process - An selective archive of reports, opinions and cases compiled by a member of the Constitution Society.
• Mallett v Missouri, 494 U.S. 1009 (1990).  Mallett, an African American,  petitions the US Supreme Court for a writ of certiorari to have his Missouri trial reviewed and to get the death penalty overturned.
• Evolving Due Process Standards for "Enemy Combatants" - An interpretation by the American Constitution Society for Law and Policy blog. Parental Rights and Due Process  - An article from the Journal of Law and Family Studies regarding rights of divorced parents.

Lesson Plans

• Due Process Freedoms: Does the Constitution Protect Your Right to Fair Play?  A lesson from the American Bar Association for use in schools.
• You and the Law: Beating the Odds  - A curriculum unit  by Fran Tilghman of the Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute.

Video Links

Selected Books, Articles, and Videos

• Ancheta, Angelo N.  Scientific Evidence and Equal Protection of the Law. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2006.  (Law Library, KF4755 A96 2006)
• Encyclopedia of the American Constitution.  Edited by Leonard W. Levy and Kenneth L. Karst. 2d ed.  NY: Macmillan Reference USA, 2000. (Founders, KF4548 E53 2000) 
• Flack, Horace Edgar.  The Adoption of the Fourteenth Amendment.  Buffalo, NY: W. S. Hein, 2003.  (Law, KF4757 F588 2003)
• Ingram, David.  Group Rights:  Reconciling Equality and Difference.  Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2000.  (Law, JF1061 I54 2000)
• Johnson, Frank Minis.  Defending Constitutional Rights.  Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2001.  (Law, KF4764 J64 2001)
• Kelley, Tina. "Village Harassed Landlord Who Rented to Blacks, Jury Finds." New York Times 150, no. 51547(October 20, 2000): B8. Academic Search Premier, EBSCOhost (accessed September 16, 2007).
• Key Constitutional Concepts.  Produced by PJ Productions, written and produced by Robe Imbriano, in association with the National Constitution Center.  Philadelphia: Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands, 2006.  (Undergraduate Library Media Center, KF5130 S9 K3 2006DVD)
• King, Rachel. Why a Victims' Rights Constitutional Amendment is a Bad Idea: Practical Experiences from Crime Victims. University of Cincinnati Law Review 68 (Winter 2000): 357-398.
• Lee, Francis Graham.  Equal Protection: Rights and Liberties Under the Law.  Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2003. (Law, KF4755 L438 2003)
• Meyer,  Howard N.  The Amendment that Refused to Die: Equality and Justice Deferred:  The History of the Fourteenth Amendment.  Lanham, MD: Madison Books, 2000. (Founders and Law Libraries, KF4757 M46 2000)
• Motley, Constance Baker. "The Quest for Freedom 1776-1976: The Continuing American Revolution." The Journal of Negro History,  61, no. 1 (Jan., 1976): 7-15.  (JSTOR: doi:10.2307/3031529)
• Orth, John V.  Due Process of Law: A Brief History. Lawrence, Kansas: University Press of Kansas, 2003.  (Founders and Law, KF4765 O78 2003)
• Smith, Christopher E., Christina DeJong, and John D. Burrow.  The Supreme Court, Crime and the Ideal of Equal Justice.  NY: P. Lang, 2003. (Law, KF9223 S574 2003)
• Troisi-Paton, Kimberly.  The Right to Due Process.  Detroit, MI: Greenhaven Press, 2005.  (Founders,  KF4765 R44 2005)
• Wang, Lu-in.  Discrimination by Default: How Racism Becomes Routine. New York: New York University, 2006.  (Law, KF4755.W36 2006)
• Zietlow, Rebecca E.  Enforcing Equality: Congress, the Constitution, and the Protection of Individual Rights.  NY: New York University Press, 2006. (Law, KF4764 Z54 2006)

For additional books, search Sterling or DanielWebCat for "due process" or "equality before the law."