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His books include Jefferson and Civil Liberties: The Darker Side, Emergence of a Free Press, Constitutional Opinions: Aspects of the Bill of Rights,and The Establishment Clause: Religion and the First Amendment.
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Levy, L.W. Constitutional history, 1776–1789. Society 24, 30–39 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02695934
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