http://www.crf-usa.org/terror/Lincoln.htm

U.S. Constitution: Article I - Look at Section 9

http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data/constitution/article01/

Ex Parte Milligan (Supreme Court Document)

http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/historics/USSC_CR_0071_0002_ZS.html

Justice Taney on Lincoln’s Suspension of Habeas Corpus

by Laurence M. Vance

http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig4/vance4.html

Proclamation Suspending the Writ of Habeas Corpus

http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/index.asp?document=425

The Lincoln Administration and Arbitrary Arrests: A Reconsideration

by Mark E. Neely, Jr.

http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/index.asp?document=425

Killing Habeas Corpus

Arlen Specter’s about-face.

by Jeffrey Toobin

http://www.crf-usa.org/terror/Lincoln.htm

"You have the body"

Habeas Corpus Case Records of the U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Columbia, 1820-1863

By Chris Naylor

http://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2005/fall/habeas-corpus.html

Historical Issue-Analysis and Decision-Making: Civil Liberties During Wartime

http://frontiers.loc.gov/learn/collections/papers/thinking4.html

Separation of Powers and Checks and Balances Outlined

http://www.purepolitics.com/edu/mrsmith/checkandbalance.htm

Checks and Balances: Congress and the Federal Courts 

PAUL D. CARRINGTON

Duke University - School of Law 

http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1092866

Ensuring Liberty And Security Through Checks And Balances:

A Fresh Start For The Senate Judiciary Committee

In The New 110th Congress

by Senatro Patrick Leahy

http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1092866

Checks and balances checkup

Editorial Los Angeles Times

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-op-lomonaco-york20feb20,0,6501084.story

Checks and Balances Anyone?

From The Nation

http://www.thenation.com/blogs/thebeat?pid=806

The Congress Link

The Dirksen Congressional Center

http://www.congresslink.org/print_index3.htm

FindLaw: SEPARATION OF POWERS AND CHECKS AND BALANCES

http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data/constitution/article01/01.html

Balancing Three Branches at Once: Our System of Checks and Balances

http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=222

The Avalon Project at the Yale Law School has a feature entitled The American Constitution - A Documentary Record that includes texts of many documents relating to the development of the Constitution. An annotated text of the Constitution is available through Congresslink. The following sections of the U.S. Constitution are especially relevant:

---Article I Legislative Branch Section 1, 2, 3, 7, 8

---Article II The Executive Branch Section 1, 2, 3

---Article III The Judicial Branch Section 1, 2

---Congresslink also features 10 Things Every Student Should Know About Congress

Building Freedom, Building Security: Building Checks and Balances for National Security Policy: The Role of Congress

http://www.acslaw.org/node/5799

This is an on-line video broadcast.

National Constitution Center

http://hancock.constitutioncenter.org/constitutionday/label/separation_of_powers

There are some podcasts on this site that look interesting.

Podcasts

http://www.podblock.com/podcast31349_We_The_People_Stories.html

The Washington Game: Who Has the Power?

Balancing Three Branches at Once: Our System of Checks and Balances

http://edsitement.neh.gov/ConstitutionDay/Balancing.html

Articles from the Issues and Controversies Database on the High School Media Center web pages

ProQuest Articles

Suggested recent topics: Constitution and Checks and Balances, Line-Item Veto, Impeachment, Patriot Act, Direct Democracy, Military Tribunal, Habeas Corpus.

Some Articles:

Checks and Balances

Groff Schroeder. Colorado Springs Independent. Colorado Springs: May 17-May 23, 2007. Vol. 15, Iss. 20; pg. 9, 1 pgs

Is a Presidential Coup Under Way?

Jim Hightower. Random Lengths. San Pedro, Calif.: Nov 30-Dec 13, 2007. Vol. 27, Iss. 24; pg. 8, 2 pgs

The Right Judicial Litmus Test

Steven G. Calabresi. Wall Street Journal. (Eastern edition). New York, N.Y.: Oct 1, 2007. pg. A.23

The Trouble With Impeachment

Harold Meyerson. The American Prospect. Princeton: Sep 2007. Vol. 18, Iss. 9; pg. 12, 3 pgs

Constitution Can’s Save Us from Bush; [FINAL Edition]

RUPERT CORNWELL SYNDICATED COLUMNIST. Seattle Post - Intelligencer. Seattle, Wash.: Jul 24, 2007. pg. B.7

Under John Roberts, Court Re-Rights Itself; [FINAL Edition]

Edward Lazarus. The Washington Post. Washington, D.C.: Jul 1, 2007. pg. B.1

Presidential Authority to Gather Foreign Intelligence

Bruce Fein. Presidential Studies Quarterly. Washington: Mar 2007. Vol. 37, Iss. 1; pg. 23, 14 pgs

Congress, the Constitution and War: The Limits on Presidential Power; [Editorial]

Adam Cohen. New York Times. (Late Edition (East Coast)). New York, N.Y.: Jan 29, 2007. pg. A.18

An Impeachment Hearing Deserves Debate

Rev Jesse Jackson. The Skanner. (Seattle edition). Seattle, Wash.: Dec 13, 2006. Vol. 11, Iss. 57; pg. 4, 1 pgs