CONSTITUTION—U.S.

Addresses

Central America and the War Powers Act—An Emerging Constitutional Crisis: John R. Silber, 11312-11314 [8MY]

Congressional Review of War Powers Act: James Watkins (excerpt), 18551 [25JN]

Farewell Address, George Washington (excerpt), 2093 [7FE]

Origins, Development, and Future of the Exclusionary Rule in Search and Seizure: Potter Stewart (excerpts), 2082, 2083, 2086, 2088 [7FE]

Separation of Church and State: sundry excerpts, 5265 [13MR]

Teacher and the Constitution: L. C. Ward, 13463 [22MY]

Upholding the Constitution: Rebecca Segaloff, 6075 [20MR]

War Powers Act—New Congressional Paradox: Representative Daschle, 2622-2623 [9FE]

Amendments

Equal Access Act: enact (H.R. 5345), 20705-20734 [24JY]

Prayer in schools: allow voluntary (S. 1059), 9321 [12AP]

———allow voluntary (S.J. Res. 73), 4609 [6MR], 4920 [8MR], 5421, 5442, 5461 [14MR]

Religion: permit voluntary meetings in schools (H.R. 5345), 20705-20734 [24JY]

Schools: permit voluntary meetings by students for religious purposes (H.R. 5345), 20705-20734 [24JY]

Analyses

Provisions for Convening of Constitutional Convention to Balance Budget (S.J. Res. 251), 4180 [1MR]

Articles and editorials

Abortion—General Concern, 26926 [25SE]

Balanced-Budget Convention Would Not Wreak Havoc on U.S., 9787 [24AP]

Bill of Rights Key, 5410 [14MR]

Bonker Bill Isn't Just a Crowd-Pleaser, 12069 [14MY]

Christian Republican Party?, 29627 [3OC]

Christianization of the Public Schools, 26176 [19SE]

Constitution Isn't Place for Remediation of Bias, 5988 [20MR]

Convention Method of Amending the Constitution, 19652-19655 [28JN]

Dade Takes Lead in Opposing School Prayer Bill, 12227 [15MY]

Effect of Equal Rights Amendments in State Constitutions, 7497-7505 [3AP]

Equal Access Act (excerpt), 12489 [16MY]

``Equal Access'' Isn't Equal Access, 12223 [15MY]

Equal Access Means Promoting Religion, 14738 [31MY]

ERA—Pay Differential (excerpt), 6627 [27MR]

Fearful Men Beat the ERA, 9574 [12AP]

First Amendment and the Future of American Democracy (excerpt), 4323 [5MR]

Freedom of Speech and School Prayer, 4344 [5MR]

High Court Sows Confusion, 20568 [24JY]

How Cults Reach Youths, 12216 [15MY]

Illegal Bible Study Club Holds Meetings at City High School, 19212 [27JN]

Kicking the Amendment Habit, 11547 [9MY]

Limit on Teaching Evolution Lifted After Threat of Suit, 11684 [9MY]

Little Bit of Life, 16330 [13JN]

Looking at Poland and School Prayer—The Vital Premise, 8269 [5AP]

Making and Unmaking of the Establishment Clause, 4333-4341 [5MR]

Mapp v. Ohio—Pandora's Problems for the Prosecutor, 2087 [7FE]

National Conference of Catholic Bishops Say ERA Needs Antiabortion Proviso, 9910 [25AP]

Personal Liberty at Risk, 20567 [24JY]

Prayer Meetings in School, 12219, 12223 [15MY]

Proposed Constitutional Amendment To Guarantee Employment Opportunity, 3703 [28FE]

Religious Activities in Schools (excerpt), 19241 [27JN]

Religious Clubs Barred at Schools, 19212 [27JN]

Representative Weiss, Seven Other Members, Call for President's Impeachment in Wake of Grenada Invasion, 5581 [14MR]

Risking a Constitutional Crisis, 20392 [29JN]

Rush to Misjudgment on Crime, 2165 [7FE]

Senate GOP Blocks Rights Amendment, 15977 [12JN]

Separation of Church and State (sundry excerpts), 4323 [5MR]

Student Bible Group Sparks School Flap, 19212 [27JN]

Students Told To Drop Bible Sessions, 19212 [27JN]

Swiss Rigidly Control Guns—They All Own, but Also Respect, Firearms, 16796 [15JN]

Texas Relaxes Rule on Evolution Teaching, 11684 [9MY]

Treating Press Freedom Like Grenada, 2625 [9FE]

Unequal Access Bill, 9044 [11AP]

Virtue and Spirit of Our Common People, 14753 [31MY]

Voluntary School Prayer (sundry), 4582 [6MR], 4739 [7MR], 4893 [8MR], 5265, 5272-5317 [13MR], 5710, 5712, 5726, 5727, 5731 [15MR], 5835, 5837 [19MR], 5896, 5908, 5916 [20MR]

Who Turned the First Amendment Upside-Down?, 3056 [22FE]

Women Still Have Far To Go To Reach Equality, 1157 [31JA]

Wrong Place for a President, 29627 [3OC]

Bills and resolutions

Amending: procedures for calling constitutional conventions (see S. 2812)

Appropriations: Presidential item veto authority (see H.J. Res. 448, 464)

Death penalty: procedures for imposition (see H.R. 4937)

First amendment rights: criminal penalties for violations (see H.R. 4828)

Judges: constitutional amendment on periodic reconfirmation by Senate (see H.J. Res. 628)

Prayer or meditation: constitutional amendment on voluntary silent (see S.J. Res. 212)

Public buildings: prayer amendment (see S.J. Res. 218)

Public schools: amendment on voluntary silent prayer (see H.J. Res. 515)

Rights to keep and bear arms: defense of life or liberty and pursuit of legitimate endeavors (see H. Con. Res. 343)

———reaffirm individual's right (see H. Con. Res. 311)

Booklets

``Rights of Students'' (excerpt), 19230 [27JN]

Books

``Age of Reason'': Thomas Paine (excerpt), 4892 [8MR]

``Bible'': Matthew ch. 6, 7338 [2AP]

``Democracy in America'', Alexis de Tocqueville (excerpt), 5152 [12MR]

``Foreign Affairs and the Constitution'': Louis Henkin, 9529 [12AP]

``Great Rehearsal'': Carl Van Doren (excerpt), 4888 [8MR]

``Making of a President'', Theodore White (excerpt), 4343 [5MR]

``Mom, They Won't Let Us Pray'', Rita Warren (excerpt), 5439 [14MR]

Court decisions

Religious activities in schools: Supreme Court, 19239, 19246, 19248 [27JN]

Separation of church and state: sundry excerpts, 4322, 4325-4327 [5MR], 4578, 4585, 4589 [6MR], 4738, 4752, 4754, 4756 [7MR], 4892, 4893, 4898 [8MR], 5265, 5319 [13MR], 5421, 5443 [14MR], 5727-5731 [15MR], 5838 [19MR], 5904 [20MR], 5905 [21MR], 15005 [6JN]

Documents

Congress (excerpt), 24529 [6SE]

Constitution: article I, section 1 (excerpt), 24529 [6SE]

———article I, section 8, 13065 [21MY]

———article III, 5920 [20MR]

———article VI, 4342 [5MR]

———Bill of Rights (excerpt), 5268 [13MR]

———excerpt, 4458 [5MR]

———1st amendment, 4342 [5MR], 4892, 4896 [8MR], 5270 [13MR], 5937 [20MR]

———proposed Madison amendments, 4322 [5MR]

Essays

Federalism (sundry), 30859-30869 [9OC]

Unending Quest for Perfection: Roger V. Loria, 17204 [19JN]

Essays: Voice of Democracy

Campbell, Peter V., 7165 [29MR]

Deley, Dorothea E., 6027 [20MR]

Dressler, Elizabeth, 6561 [26MR]

Durell, Tanya P., 6945 [28MR]

Eich, David, 6565 [26MR]

Elbel, Jeffrey, 6922 [28MR]

Erwin, Katherine, 6477 [22MR]

Fetsch, Steven, 6791 [27MR]

Heidenreich, Amy B., 6782 [27MR]

Incerpi, Marianne, 10246 [26AP]

Kelly, Lisa R., 7161 [29MR]

Kuntz, Kristen, 6482 [22MR]

Mathevosian, Diane, 6801 [27MR]

Mitteness, Monica, 6481 [22MR]

Woo, Michael, 7264 [30MR]

Wyant, Timothy J., 6790 [27MR]

Yancey, Sandy, 6794 [27MR]

Explanations

Voluntary school prayer amendment: White House, 5426-5431 [14MR]

Interviews

Separation of church and state: Dumas Malone with Church and State magazine, 4586, 4587 [6MR]

Letters

Cuffing the Constitution, Attorney General Smith, 11191 [7MY]

Equal Access Act, H.R. 5345: Laurence H. Tribe, 9549 [12AP], 12221 [15MY]

———Representative Frank, 12222 [15MY]

ERA and abortion: Lynn D. Wardle, 2136 [7FE]

Prayer in schools: Representative Walker, 26681, 26684, 26686 [25SE]

Religious activities in schools: ACLU, 19231 [27JN]

———Judith Jankowski, 19238 [27JN]

———Los Angeles County, CA, Office of County Counsel (sundry), 19214-19216 [27JN]

———Sam Sparks, 19216 [27JN]

———William F. Kidd, 19238 [27JN]

———(Dear Colleague excerpt), 12061 [14MY]

Separation of church and state: David L. Grove, 5128 [12MR]

———George Washington, 5728 [15MR]

———National Council on Educational Research, 5731 [15MR]

———Thomas Jefferson, 4342 [5MR], 5264 [13MR], 5727 [15MR]

———sundry excerpts, 4581 [6MR], 4896 [8MR], 5432, 5435, 5447 [14MR], 5728 [15MR], 5836 [19MR], 5900, 5902 [20MR]

Lists

Call to Work and Pray for the Preservation of the First Amendment: religious organization signers, 5442 [14MR]

Court decisions relative to access to school facilities, 12066 [14MY]

Participants in the Jefferson Meeting on the Constitution, 11794 [10MY]

Voluntary school prayer amendment: organizations in opposition, 5836 [19MR]

Memorandums

Presidential Recess Appointments: Library of Congress (excerpt), 22775 [8AU]

Memorials of legislature

Arizona, 14344 [24MY], 15611 [11JN]

Colorado, 10345 [30AP]

Louisiana, 20550 [23JY]

Messages

Voluntary School Prayer Amendment, President Reagan, 5426 [14MR]

Papers

Central America and the War Powers Act—Emerging Constitutional Crisis: John R. Silber, 14743-14745 [31MY]

Religion and Politics: Michael J. Malbin (excerpt), 4323 [5MR]

Separation of Church and State: Edward Corwin (excerpt), 4322 [5MR]

Polls of opinion

Prayer in schools: sundry, 4329 [5MR]

Prayers

Religious Freedom: George Washington, 5835 [19MR]

School prayer recitations (sundry), 4318, 4320, 4326 [5MR], 4579 [7MR], 4895 [8MR], 5320 [13MR], 5710, 5729 [15MR], 5907, 5916 [20MR]

Press releases

Opposing ERA without antiabortion amendment: National Conference of Catholic Bishops, 9910 [25AP]

Remarks in House

Anniversary: signing, 25688 [17SE]

Balanced budget: provide for constitutional amendment, 24161 [10AU], 27608 [27SE]

Balanced Budget Act: enact (H.J. Res. 243), 4235 [1MR], 15506 [7JN], 17627 [20JN], 30271 [4OC]

———enact (H.R. 6300), 28504 [2OC], 28524, 28525 [4OC]-28526 [2OC], 29632 [3OC], 30228, 30272 [4OC]

Balanced budget/tax limitation: constitutional amendment (S.J. Res. 5), 3291 [23FE]

Budget: proposed Constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 643), 24569 [6SE]

Constitution Week: observance, 26308 [20SE], 26405 [20SE]

Convention II: tribute, 3524 [27FE]

Death penalty: proposed constitutional, 10187 [26AP]

———reinstitute at Federal level, 2662 [9FE]

Employment opportunity: constitutional amendment to guarantee (H.J. Res. 202), 3703 [28FE]

Equal Access Act: enact (H.R. 4996), 10397 [30AP]

———enact (H.R. 5345), 9044 [11AP], 12214 15MY-12240 [15MY], 12355, 12368, 12369 [15MY], 12489, 12492 [16MY], 12612 [16MY], 12867, 12874 [17MY], 13970 [23MY], 14738 [31MY], 15883, 15884 [12JN], 16341 [14JN], 20181, 20183 [29JN], 24127 [10AU]

ERA: amend Constitution, 429 [25JA], 2136 [7FE]

———amend Constitution (H.J. Res. 1), 6625-6627 [27MR]

———impact on Armed Forces, 6734 [27MR]

———procedure for passage, 12970 [18MY]

Firearms: strengthen right to bear arms (H. Con. Res. 311), 13989 [23MY]

Handgun Crime Control Act: enact (H.R. 1543), 16796 [15JN]

History, 26311 [20SE]

Line-item veto amendment: proposed constitutional convention, 14384 [24MY]

News media: censorship rights, 14324 [24MY]

Prayer in schools: allow voluntary (S.J. Res. 73), 5824 [15MR], 5957, 5959 [20MR], 6494 [26MR], 6901-6902 [28MR]

Religion: permit voluntary meetings in schools before and after classes, 20932-20950, 21048 [25JY]

———permit voluntary meetings in schools (H.R. 5345), 12040, 12059-12075 [14MY], 12104 [14MY], 12214 15MY-12240, 12319 [15MY], 12355, 12368, 12369 [15MY], 12489, 12492 [16MY], 12612 [16MY], 12867, 12874 [17MY], 13970 [23MY], 14738 [31MY], 15883, 15884 [12JN], 16341 [14JN], 20181, 20183 [29JN], 24127 [10AU]

———permit voluntary meetings in schools (H.R. 5345), consideration, 12041 [14MY]

Schools: permit voluntary meetings by students for religious purposes (H.R. 5345), 12040, 12059-12075 [14MY], 12104 [14MY], 12214 15MY-12240, 12319 [15MY], 12355, 12368, 12369 [15MY], 12489, 12492 [16MY], 12612 [16MY], 12867, 12874 [17MY], 13970 [23MY], 14738 [31MY], 15883, 15884 [12JN], 16341 [14JN], 20181, 20183 [29JN], 24127 [10AU]

———permit voluntary meetings by students for religious purposes (H.R. 5345), consideration, 12041 [14MY]

———permit voluntary meetings by students for religious purposes before and after classes, 20932-20950, 21048 [25JY]

Student religious groups: prohibit discrimination against extracurricular (H.R. 4996), 10397 [30AP]

War Powers Act: rules governing certain use of the Armed Forces in the absence of declaration of war by Congress (H.R. 6078), 23066 [8AU]

Women: promote equal rights, 9613 [12AP]

Remarks in Senate

Anniversary, 30859 [9OC]

Appropriations bills: line-item veto, 17077 [19JN], 17748 [21JN]

Budget: provisions for convening of constitutional convention to balance (S.J. Res. 251), 4179 [1MR]

Constitutional conventions: procedures for calling (S. 2812), 19649 [28JN]

Courts: statutory jurisdiction limitation, 5919 [20MR]

Death penalty: constitutional procedures for imposition (S. 1765), 2703-2710 [21FE], 2867-2898 [22FE], 3084 [23FE], 5152 [12MR]

ERA: amend Constitution (S.J. Res. 10), 5948 [20MR]

———impact on abortion rights, 7129 [29MR]

———impact on State constitutions, 7497 [3AP]

———impact on veterans' programs, 8439 [9AP]

National Conference of Catholic Bishops: position on ERA and abortion, 9909 [25AP]

Prayer in schools: allow voluntary, 15003-15008 [6JN], 26681, 26684-26688 [25SE]

———allow voluntary (S.J. Res. 73), 4288, 4307 [2MR], 4318-4345 [5MR], 4575, 4578-4592, 4609 [6MR], 4737-4740, 4747-4759 [7MR], 4886-4900 [8MR], 5124, 5128, 5152-5157 [12MR]-5264-5322 [13MR], 5418-5450, 5477 [14MR], 5693, 5710-5711, 5712-5714, 5723-5734, 5776 [15MR], 5833-5838 [19MR], 5895 20MR-5922 [20MR], 6178 [21MR], 6871 [28MR], 7002 [29MR], 7337 [2AP]

———allow voluntary (S.J. Res. 73), unanimous-consent agreement, 5734 [15MR]

Religious activities: equal access in schools, 19211-19253 [27JN]

Religious Speech Protection Act: enact (S. 815), 4894 [8MR]

Signing: activities to commemorate anniversary, 11791 [10MY]

Supreme Court: impact of decisions on exclusionary rules, 20567 [24JY]

War Powers Act: constitutional role of Congress, 18550 [25JN]

Reports

Findings of the Ninth Annual Session of Convention II, 3524 [27FE]

Resolutions by organizations

School prayer: National Council on Educational Research, 5732 [15MR]

———Southern Baptist Convention, 5437 [14MR]

Rulings of the Chair

Balanced Budget Act: enact (H.R. 6300), 28505, 28522 [2OC]

Statements

American Constitutional Law: Laurence H. Tribe, 12226 [15MY]

Bill of Rights: James Madison (excerpt), 2101 [7FE]

Call to Work and Pray for the Preservation of the First Amendment: several religious organizations, 5317 [13MR], 5436 [14MR]

Constitition (sundry excerpts), 26405 [20SE]

Constitutional Freedom Is Vital in Schools: Sec. of Education Bell, 12061 [14MY], 12226 [15MY]

Convening of Constitutional Convention To Balance Budget: Sam J. Ervin, Jr., 4179 [1MR], 4235 [1MR]

———Senator Thurmond (excerpt), 4235 [1MR]

Diploma of Voter Status: Boris Feinman, 25689 [17SE]

Don't Tamper With the Bill of Rights: American Jewish Congress and People for the American Way, 5478-5480 [14MR]

Equal Access Act: Laurence H. Tribe, 10397 [30AP]

Equal Access Act Guidelines, 26632-26634 [24SE]

ERA: Walter Berns, 5948 [20MR]

ERA—Equal Rights for Abortion: John T. Noonan, Jr., 7129-7133 [29MR]

ERA—Pay Differential: Elaine Donnelly (excerpt), 6627 [27MR]

Free Exercise of Religious Rights in Schools, 12217 [15MY]

Impact of Equal Rights Amendment Upon Veterans' Benefits: Gary McDowell, 8439 [9AP]

In the Congress of the U.S. on the 197th Commemoration of the Signing of the Constitution of the U.S., 25688 [17SE]

International Treaties (sundry), 31216 [10OC]

Likely Effects of the ERA on the Armed Forces of the U.S.: Eliot A. Cohen, 6734-6736 [27MR]

Memorial and Remonstrance Against Religious Assessments: James Madison (excerpt), 5265 [13MR]

Prohibit Discrimination Against Extracurricular Student Groups (H.R. 4996): Laurence H. Tribe, 10397 [30AP]

Religious Activities in Schools: Bonnie Bailey, 19242 [27JN]

———(excerpt), 12063 [14MY]

Separation of Church and State: George Washington, 5728, 5731 [15MR], 5908 [20MR]

———James Madison, 4343 [5MR], 4738 [7MR], 5435, 5442, 5444 [14MR]

———Senator Stennis, 4583 [6MR]

———Thomas Jefferson, 5320 [13MR]

———sundry excerpts, 4322, 4323, 4325, 4329 [5MR], 4888, 4890, 4892, 4893 [8MR], 5157 [12MR], 5437, 5438, 5446 [14MR], 5711, 5728 [15MR], 5835 [19MR], 5905 [21MR], 5911, 5920 [20MR]

Voluntary Prayer in Schools: Bonnie Bailey, 15003 [6JN]

———Judy Jankowski, 15003 [6JN]

———Sarah Scanlon, 15004 [6JN]

Synopses

Change the Constitution?: Jefferson Foundation, 11791-11793 [10MY]

Tables

State laws overturned by court decisions on voluntary school prayers, 4322 [5MR]

Telegrams

Separation of church and state: Satan, 4757 [7MR]

Testimonies

Voluntary Religious Meetings in Public Schools: Richard K. Ocker, 12238 [15MY]

Texts of

Constitutional amendment on voluntary school prayer, 5426, 5434, 5444, 5447 [14MR], 5914 [20MR], 6902 [28MR]

H. Res. 370, call for President Reagan's impeachment in wake of Grenada invasion, 5581 [14MR]

H.R. 6300, Balanced Budget Act, 28504 [2OC]

S. 815, Religious Speech Protection Act, 4894 [8MR]

S. 1765, constitutional procedures for imposition of death penalty, 2895 [22FE]

S. 2812, procedures for calling constitutional conventions, 19650-19652 [28JN]

S.J. Res. 73, voluntary school prayer, 4288 [2MR], 4318 [5MR], 4747, 4752, 4757 [7MR], 5897 [20MR], 7002 [29MR]