Commentary

• Federalism and the Founding: Toward a Reinterpretation of the Constitutional Convention

  - Zuckert, Michael P. “Federalism and the Founding: Toward a Reinterpretation of the Constitutional Convention.” The Review of Politics 48, no. 2 (April 1, 1986): 166–210.

• Federalism and the Constitution: The Founders’ Design and Contemporary Constitutional Law

  - Dry, Murray. “Federalism and the Constitution: The Founders’ Design and Contemporary Constitutional Law.” Constitutional Commentary 4 (1987): 233.

• Federalism: Evaluating the Founders’ Design

  - McConnell, Michael W. “Federalism: Evaluating the Founders’ Design.” The University of Chicago Law Review 54, no. 4 (October 1, 1987): 1484–1512.

• The Federalist Papers: A Commentary: “the Baton Rouge Lectures”

  - Allen, W. B., and Kevin A. Cloonan. The Federalist Papers: A Commentary: "the Baton Rouge Lectures". New York: P. Lang, 2000.
  This book tells the story of The Federalist Papers as an accessible approach to the principles of the United States government. When looking at The Federalist Papers or the documents of the Constitutional Convention of 1787, one realizes that the writers of… More

• As Far as Republican Principles Will Admit: Essays by Martin Diamond

  - Diamond, Martin. As Far as Republican Principles Will Admit: Essays by Martin Diamond. Edited by William Schambra. Washington, DC: AEI Press, 1992.
  Essays by one of the preeminent theorists of the American Founding. Of particular interest to students of the Federalist are essays entitled, “Ethics and Politics: the American Way,” “Democracy and the Federalist: A Reconsideration of the… More