CONSTITUTION—U.S.
Addresses
Abortion: Representative Kemp, 14857-14859 [20JN]
American Freedom Summer Institute: Senator Eagleton (1963), 28854 [6OC]
Bicentennial of the Constitution: Raymond W. Smock, 32689-32690 [16OC]
———Richard A. Baker, 32690 [16OC]
Conference on Defending Right to Counsel: Senator Kerry, 1416-1418 [3FE]
Constitution According to Madison, Hamilton, and Marshall . . . or Jesse Helms?: Senator Eagleton, 28858-28860 [6OC]
Constitution—A Heavenly Banner, 26544-26548 [26SE]
Constitutional Convention: Benjamin Franklin, 25046 [19SE]
Constitution—Foundation of a Nation: Kedra Small, 8838 [28AP]
E.W. Tucker Lecture: Senator Eagleton (1973), 28855 [6OC]
14th Amendment: William J. Brennan, Jr., 23933-23936 [18SE]
Goals for Our Next Century: Lewis E. Lehrman, 28688 [3OC]
Law—Under Attack From the New Barbarians: William H. Rehnquist (excerpt), 23297, 23304 [15SE]
Soldier-Signers of the Constitution Corridor Dedication Ceremony: William H. Taft IV, 26096 [25SE]
Welcoming Remarks at the International Conference on Constitution Writing: Warren E. Burger, Chief Justice of the U.S., 15937 [26JN]
Amendments
Bicentennial of the Constitution Coins and Medals Act: enact (H.R. 3415), 27474 [1OC], 32186 [16OC], 32367, 32608 [16OC]
Budget: require balanced (S.J. Res. 225), 3899, 3972 [6MR], 4292, 4297, 4326, 4343, 4357 [11MR], 4394, 4421, 4434, 4435, 4438, 4443, 4450, 4461, 4491, 4492 [12MR], 4722, 4736, 4814 [13MR], 6113 [25MR]
Commission on the Bicentennial of the Constitution of the U.S.: amending the charter (H.R. 3559), 28550 [3OC], 29073 [6OC]
———establish (H.R. 3559), 29115 [6OC]
———establish (S. 1779), 28651 [3OC]
Commission on the Bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution: amending the charter (H.R. 3559), 30198 [10OC]
Constitution Day: designate (S. 2216), 29551 [8OC]
Firearms: protect constitutional rights of owners (S. 49), 9556-9559, 9599 [6MY]
Analyses
Balanced Budget Amendment (S.J. Res. 225), 3907-3909 [6MR]
Balanced Budget Constitutional Amendment: Wendell Belew, 6092 [25MR]
Constitutionality of Federal Tort Reform: Henry Cohen, 25479 [23SE]
Rehnquist Constitutional Amendment on School Segregation: Eric Schnapper, 22276 [8SE]
———William Taylor, 22274 [8SE]
Appointments
Commission on the Bicentennial of the U.S. Senate: members, 17231 [22JY]
Articles and editorials
Alexander H. Pekelis—The American Jew as Civil Servant, 26084 [24SE]
Antiballistic Missile Treaty Negotiations (excerpt), 17753 [25JY]
Classic Volume on Constitution Reprinted by National Archives, 23049 [12SE]
Con Con Con, 6080 [25MR]
Cops Against Guns, 2029 [6FE]
Court Was ``Superficial'' in the Homosexuality Case, 16979 [17JY]
Miscues Costly in Politics of Obstruction, 7387 [14AP]
New Ventures Would Be Harder To Build, Financing May Change, 22564 [10SE]
Notion of a Living Constitution (excerpt), 23323 [15SE]
Patrick Henry and the Constitution, 13409 [11JN]
Police ``Indignant'' Over McClure-Volkmer Gun Bill, 1800 [5FE]
Proposed Gun Legislation Threatens Law Enforcement Effectiveness, 1802 [5FE]
Rehnquist and Justice, 22277 [8SE]
Rehnquist Plan Sought Halt of Desegregation, 22276 [8SE]
To Compel a Responsible Fiscal Policy, 6100 [25MR]
U.S. Constitution Revisited, 24705 [18SE]
Worse Than Gramm-Rudman, 4304 [11MR], 6118 [25MR]
Bills and resolutions
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act: effective date of President's sequestration order (see H.R. 4169)
Budget: amend constitutional procedures (see H.J. Res. 637, 643)
Commission on the Bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution: establish State and territorial commissions (see S. Con. Res. 104)
Congress: designate 1987 U.S. Capitol Historical Society calendar as official calendar for the Bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution (see H. Con. Res. 375)
Constitution Day: budget waiver for consideration of S. 2216 (see S. Res. 425)
———designate (see S. 2216, 2303, 2950)
Executive departments: repeal certain provisions of law which violate the separation of powers doctrine (see H.R. 5227)
Executive impoundment of appropriated funds: Supreme Court's unconstitutionality decision in INS v. Chadha (see H. Res. 411)
Judges: status of salaries for convicted and imprisoned (see H.J. Res. 680)
National Annapolis Convention Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 383; H.J. Res. 679)
President: amendment on terms of office (see H.J. Res. 687, 690)
Colloquies
Budget outlays: several Senators, 5922 [21MR]
Court decisions
Buckley v. Valeo: Supreme Court (excerpt), 23324 [15SE]
Furman v. Georgia: Supreme Court (excerpt), 23323, 23325 [15SE]
Wallace v. Jaffree: Supreme Court, 23065 [12SE], 23328 [15SE]
Weber v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.: Supreme Court (excerpt), 23324 [15SE]
Documents
Analysis and Interpretation (excerpt), 24762 [19SE]
Article 1 (excerpt), 4432 [12MR]
Article I, section 8 (excerpt relative to patents), 28991 [6OC]
Article II, section 2 (excerpt on advise and consent of Congress on judicial appointments), 17224 [22JY], 17358 [23JY]
Article III, section 1 (excerpt), 32632 [16OC]
Article III (excerpt), 12189 [3JN]
Articles I and II (excerpt), 30251 [10OC]
Excerpt, 23295 [15SE]
Federalist Paper No. 75: Alexander Hamilton (excerpt), 17753 [25JY]
Preamble, 4397 [12MR], 9253 [1MY], 9846 [7MY]
Preamble (excerpt), 23734 [17SE], 31411 [15OC]
7th Amendment, 24865 [19SE]
Essays
Abraham Lincoln, Equality, and the Constitution: Harry V. Jaffa, 2992 [26FE]
Excerpts
Article V, 2682 [25FE]
Explanations
Meaning of outlays and receipts in balanced budget amendment: Senator Heflin, 6095-6098, 6106 [25MR]
Letters
Balanced budgets: American Medical Association, 6076 [25MR]
———Mathis, Belew & Associates, 6091 [25MR]
———National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors, 6075 [25MR]
———National Taxpayers Union, 6076 [25MR]
———Tax Limitation/Balanced Budget Amendment Coalition, 6074 [25MR]
———U.S. Chamber of Commerce, 6074 [25MR]
Constitutionality of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act: CBO, 16706 [16JY]
Federal inspection of gun dealers: Dept. of the Treasury (excerpt), 9604 [6MY]
Firearms Owners Protection Act: Dept. of the Treasury, 2469 [20FE]
Interstate transportation of firearms: Dept. of the Treasury (excerpt), 9603 [6MY]
———Law Enforcement Steering Committee Against S. 49, 9595 [6MY]
Laird v. Tatum: (excerpt), 23326 [15SE]
Legal and constitutional problems created by Health Care Quality Improvement Act: Committee on the Judiciary, 30769 [14OC]
Racism: Martin Luther King, Jr., 29 [21JA]
Senator Dole's record on gun control: Gun Owners of America, Inc., 7387 [14AP]
———National Rifle Association of America, 7387 [14AP]
Lists
Student participants in the Eastern Shore, VA, Jefferson Meeting anniversary observance, 32158 [15OC]
Memorandums
Constitutional Amendment To Validate Freedom of Choice and Neighborhood Schools: William H. Rehnquist, 22272-22274 [8SE], 23313 [15SE]
Firearms Owners Protection Act: Dept. of the Treasury, 2470 [20FE]
Proposed Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution—Brief in Opposition: William H. Rehnquist, 23315-23317 [15SE], 23743 [17SE]
Memorials of legislature
Colorado, 10523 [13MY]
Guam, 4268 [11MR], 4473 [12MR]
Indiana, 6638 [8AP], 8284 [22AP]
Papers
Choosing Judges—The Framer's Intent, 22796 [11SE]
Federalist Papers: Alexander Hamilton, 23295 [15SE]
———Alexander Hamilton (excerpt), 4438, 4468 [12MR]
Petitions
Income tax: Ringwood, NJ, City Council, 7556 [15AP], 8284 [22AP]
———Voorhees, NJ, Township Committee, 8478 [23AP]
Political science: Peter J. Cojanis, 9466 [5MY]
Proclamations
Citizenship Day and Constitution Week: President Reagan, 33598 [17OC]
Programs
Soldier-Signers of the Constitution Corridor Dedication Ceremony, 26096 [25SE]
Quotations
Government's borrowing power: Thomas Jefferson, 4445 [12MR]
Remarks in House
Abortion: anniversary of Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision legalizing, 340 [22JA]
Annapolis Convention: anniversary, 17324 [22JY]
Anniversary, 32995 [17OC]
———commemorate bicentennial, 14219 [17JN], 15626 [25JN], 16514 [15JY], 16981 [17JY]
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act: amend relative to role of Comptroller General and CBO Director (H.R. 5254), 17595 [24JY]
———effective date of President's sequestration order (H.R. 4169), 2257 [19FE]
Bicentennial of the Constitution: make U.S. Capitol Historical Society annual calendar the official calendar for observance (H. Con. Res. 375), 20752 [11AU], 20980 [12AU]
———observance, 24705 [18SE], 32688 [16OC], 33576, 33585, 33598 [17OC]
Bicentennial of the Constitution Coins and Medals Act: enact (H.R. 3415), 27473 [1OC]
———enact (H.R. 3415), Senate amendment, 32186 [16OC]
Commission on the Bicentennial of the Constitution: national educational competition on the Constitution, 16981, 16986, 16987 [17JY], 17160 [21JY], 17529 [23JY]
Commission on the Bicentennial of the Constitution of the U.S.: amending the charter (H.R. 3559), S. 1779 language passed in lieu, 28651 [3OC]
Commission on the Bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution: amending the charter (H.R. 3559), 15217-15221 [24JN], 30198 [10OC]
———meetings, 14219 [17JN]
Constitution Day: designate (S. 2216), 30744 [14OC]
Courts: Ohio Mock Trial Program, 32822 [17OC]
Firearms: laws regulating sales and possession of handguns, 6831, 6832, 6834-6897 [9AP]
———protect constitutional rights of owners (S. 49), 1800, 1801 [5FE]
———protect constitutional rights of owners (S. 49), discharge petition, 2468, 2469 [20FE]
Firearms Owner's Protection Act: enact, 2029 [6FE]
Freedom of Information Day: designate (H.J. Res. 371), 3068 [27FE]
———designate (H.J. Res. 745), 28822 [6OC]
Gun Control Act: amend (S. 49), 2029 [6FE]
Jefferson Meeting: anniversary, 32157 [15OC]
National Annapolis Convention Week: designate (H.J. Res. 679), 17324 [22JY]
National Right to Life Committee: annual convention, 14856 [20JN]
Ohio Mock Trial Program: funding, 32822 [17OC]
Presidents of the United States: term of office, 18858 [4AU]
Religious garments: protect those wearing (H.R. 4525), 6809 [8AP]
Remarks in Senate
Abortion: prohibit (S.J. Res. 19), 329 [22JA]
———right to choose, 424, 427 [23JA], 2208 [18FE]
Annapolis, MD: observance of the Annapolis Convention, 23048 [12SE]
Anniversary, 25046 [19SE]
Bicentennial: observance, 23676, 23817 [17SE]
Bicentennial of the Constitution Coins and Medals Act: enact (H.R. 3415), 32367 [16OC]
Buchanan, John: statement on the International Communication and Travel Act, 21408 [13AU]
Budget: borrowing authority, 4450-4458 [12MR], 4720 [13MR]
———constitutional amendment to require balanced, 2681 [25FE]
———exempt Social Security benefits under requirement to achieve balanced, 4421-4432 [12MR]
———limit outlays, 4443-4449 [12MR]
———provide for enforcement and implementation of article to balance, 4434 [12MR]
———provide that total outlays shall not exceed total receipts, 4435, 4438 [12MR]
———require balanced (S.J. Res. 225), 3519, 3521, 3522, 3523 [4MR], 3898-3927, 3948-3951 [6MR], 4019-4040 [7MR], 4140, 4147 [10MR], 4289-4309, 4357 [11MR], 4393-4412, 4421, 4449, 4468, 4492 [12MR], 4710, 4720-4739, 4827 [13MR], 5132 [18MR], 5922 [21MR], 6073, 6074-6124, 6125 [25MR], 6943-6951 [9AP], 7897 [17AP]
———require balanced (S.J. Res. 225), unanimous-consent agreement, 5997 [24MR]
———require President to submit balanced, 4461 [12MR]
———waiver of requirement to balance during time of war, 4394-4411 [12MR]
Commission on the Bicentennial of the Constitution of the U.S.: establish (H.R. 3559), 28652 [3OC], 29115 [6OC]
———establish (S. 1779), 28651 [3OC]
———restrict licensing of logo, 28651 [3OC], 29115 [6OC]
Commission on the Bicentennial of the U.S. Senate: appointment of members, 17231 [22JY]
———establish (S. Res. 352), 2876-2878 [26FE], 7306 [11AP]
Constitution Day: designate a yearly date of observance, 29428 [8OC]
———designate (S. 2216), 5681 [20MR], 29428 [8OC]
———designate (S. 2303), 7490 [15AP]
———designate (S. 2950), 33713, 33765 [18OC]
Dole, Senator: clarification of allegations against record on gun control, 7386 [14AP]
Education: funding for programs relative to bicentennial of the Constitution, 22537 [10SE]
English: make official language of U.S. (S.J. Res. 20), 9925 [7MY]
Excerpt, 21829 [15AU]
Firearms: protect constitutional rights of owners (S. 49), 7386 [14AP], 9296 [1MY], 9556-9559, 9589, 9598-9606 [6MY], 11257, 11342 [20MY]
Freedom of Information Day: designate (H.J. Res. 371), 3539 [4MR], 5040 [14MR]
———designate (S.J. Res. 278), 2615 [24FE], 3539 [4MR], 4821 [13MR]
James Madison Memorial Fellowship Program: establish, 27922-27923, 27951 [2OC]
Law Day: observance, 9333, 9336 [1MY]
National Annapolis Convention Week: designate (S.J. Res. 383), 18124 [30JY]
National Day of Prayer: observance, 14454 [18JN]
Pentagon: dedication of the Soldiers-Signers of the Constitution Corridor in the Pentagon, 26096 [25SE]
Presidential terms of office: proposed repeal of 22d amendment, 27555 [1OC]
Public finance: congressional approval of legislation to increase revenues, 3899-3927 [6MR]
Rehnquist, William H.: proposed constitutional amendments on school segregation, 22272 [8SE]
States: urging establishment of commissions on bicentennial (S. Con. Res. 104), 1577 [4FE]
Waterbury Bar Association: Law Day observance tribute, 9333 [1MY]
Reports
Annapolis Convention: Alexander Hamilton, 18125 [30JY]
Balanced Budget: Committee on the Judiciary (excerpt), 6944 [9AP]
Balanced Budget Amendment (S.J. Res. 225): Senate Committee on the Judiciary (excerpt), 3911 [6MR]
Balanced Budgets: Committee on the Judiciary, 4456 [12MR], 4725 [13MR]
Reports filed
Commission on the Bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution Charter: Committee on Post Office and Civil Service (H.R. 3559) (H. Rept. 99-530), 7367 [14AP]
Constitution Day: Committee on the Budget (S. 2216; S. Res. 425), 15104 [24JN]
Constitutional Procedures for Imposition of Sentence of Death: Committee on the Judiciary (S. 239) (S. Rpt. 99-282), 7762 [16AP]
Designate Constitution Day: Committee on the Judiciary (S. 2216), 8683 [24AP]
———Committee on the Judiciary (S. 2216; S. Res. 425), 13128 [10JN]
Resolutions by organizations
National issues: Military Order of the World Wars (sundry), 23860 [17SE]
Sermons
Word of Judgment, Word of Grace: John Marshall, 2208-2211 [18FE]
Statements
Admonition That Institutions of Government Must Evolve With the Times: Thomas Jefferson, 23332 [15SE]
Amending the Constitution: John Marshall, 6077 [25MR]
———Thomas Jefferson, 6074, 6078, 6122 [25MR]
Balanced Budgets: Allan Meltzer, 3903 [6MR]
———Arthur Burns, 3903, 3906 [6MR]
———Carl Becker, 6108 [25MR]
———Charles Baird, 3903 [6MR]
———Charles L. Schultze, 4467 [12MR]
———David A. Stockman, 6078 [25MR]
———James Buchanan, 3904 [6MR]
———John M. Keynes, 4141 [10MR]
———Lowell Harris, 3906 [6MR]
———Martin Anderson, 4145 [10MR]
———Milton Friedman, 3906 [6MR]
———President Reagan, 3902 [6MR]
———Robert H. Bork, 4141 [10MR], 6078 [25MR]
———Roger Freeman, 3904, 3906, 3921 [6MR]
———Roy L. Ash, 6111 [25MR]
———Senator Bumpers, 6117 [25MR]
———Senator Hatfield, 4873 [14MR], 6113 [25MR]
———several economists, 6086 [25MR]
———several lawyers and educators, 6088 [25MR]
———Thomas Jefferson, 6109 [25MR]
Bill of Rights: William H. Rehnquist, 23324 [15SE]
Constitution's Application to Political Affairs: William E. Gladstone, 4434 [12MR]
Constitutions of Civil Governments: Alexander Hamilton, 6113, 6123 [25MR]
Construing the Constitution: William H. Rehnquist, 23323 [15SE]
Death of Democracy: Robert Hutchins, 6108 [25MR]
Discrimination: William H. Rehnquist, 23324 [15SE]
Exclusionary Rule: Robert Wagner, 22957 [11SE]
Free Trade in Ideas—The Strength of the First Amendment: John Buchanan, 21408 [13AU]
Laird v. Tatum: Senator Mitchell, 23326 [15SE]
Meaning of the Constitution and Declaration of Independence: Martin Luther King, Jr., 29 [21JA]
Reconstructing the Balanced Budget and Deficit Control Act: Representative Mack, 17531 [23JY]
Role of Senate in Appointment Process: Charles Black, 23295 [15SE]
———University of Toledo professor, 23295 [15SE]
———Walter Dellinger, 23295 [15SE]
Role of the Senate in Governing: George Washington, 33214 [17OC]
———Thomas Jefferson, 33214 [17OC]
Separation of Powers: James Madison, 23817 [17SE]
Treaty Breaking: Senator Goldwater, 17753 [25JY]
Treatymaking and Checks and Balances: Joseph Story, 17753 [25JY]
U.S. Capitol Historical Society Annotated Bicentennial Calendar, 20752 [11AU]
Waiver of Balanced Budget Requirement During Time of War: Donald T. Regan, 4396 [12MR]
———President Reagan, 4396 [12MR]
Studies
Treatymaking and the Constitutional Role of the Senate: Library of Congress (excerpt), 17753 [25JY]
Tables
Comparison of S. 49, firearms legislation, as passed by the Senate, the House, and existing law, 9591-9595 [6MY]
Testimonies
Balanced Budgets: Richard L. Thornburgh, Governor of Pennsylvania, 3925 [6MR]
Texts of
H. Con. Res. 375, designate U.S. Capitol Historical Society calendar as official congressional calendar for Bicentennial of U.S. Constitution, 20980 [12AU]
H. Res. 409, examine evidence regarding activities of former U.N. Secretary General Kurt Waldheim during World War II, 6811 [8AP]
H.J. Res. 371, Freedom of Information Day, 3069 [27FE]
H.J. Res. 679, designate National Annapolis Convention Week, 17324 [22JY]
H.J. Res. 745, Freedom of Information Day, 28822 [6OC]
H.R. 3415, Bicentennial of the Constitution Coins and Medals Act, 27473 [1OC]
H.R. 3559, amend act establishing a Commission on the Bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution, 15218 [24JN]
H.R. 4525, protect those wearing religious garments, 6810 [8AP]
S. 2216, Constitution Day, 5681 [20MR], 29428 [8OC], 30744 [14OC]
S. 2950, Constitution Day, 33766 [18OC]
S. Con. Res. 104, urging the establishment of State commissions on the bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution, 1577, 1601 [4FE]
S. Res. 352, establis Commission on the Bicentennial of the U.S. Senate, 7307 [11AP]
S. Res. 352, establish Commission on the Bicentennial of the U.S. Senate, 2875 [26FE]
S.J. Res. 19, prohibit abortion, 329 [22JA]
S.J. Res. 225, require balanced budget, 3901 [6MR]
S.J. Res. 278, Freedom of Information Day, 2615 [24FE]