★ Historical Archive
The Liberty Vault
The documents that built the country, in full and in order: the Declaration, the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, the argument for ratifying them, fifty rulings that decided what they meant, and ten speeches made under them.
148documents on file
In the vault
★ Four collections
What is in here
1776–1791
Founding Documents
The Declaration, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, in full.
Jump to them →1787–1788The Federalist Papers
Hamilton, Madison and Jay arguing the Constitution into existence.
Read the series →1919–2024Supreme Court Rulings
Landmark decisions, each with the opinion itself and the oral argument.
Jump to them →1775–1983Great American Speeches
Full transcripts, from Patrick Henry to Reagan.
Jump to them →- 01Open →
Schenck v. United States
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Gitlow v. New York
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Near v. Minnesota
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United States v. Miller
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Mapp v. Ohio
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New York Times Co. v. Sullivan
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Katz v. United States
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Terry v. Ohio
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Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District
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Brandenburg v. Ohio
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Furman v. Georgia
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Roe v. Wade
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Gregg v. Georgia
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Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
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Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier
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R.A.V. v. City of St. Paul
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Planned Parenthood v. Casey
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Printz v. United States
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Atkins v. Virginia
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Roper v. Simmons
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District of Columbia v. Heller
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McDonald v. Chicago
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United States v. Alvarez
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Obergefell v. Hodges
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Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt
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Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Association
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Carpenter v. United States
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Trump v. Hawaii
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Bostock v. Clayton County
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Federal Election Commission v. Ted Cruz for Senate
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Carson v. Makin
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New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen
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Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health
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Kennedy v. Bremerton School District
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West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency
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Moore v. Harper
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Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard
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303 Creative L.L.C. v. Elenis
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Biden v. Nebraska
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Trump v. Anderson
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Alexander v. South Carolina Conference of the NAACP
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FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine
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Garland v. Cargill
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United States v. Rahimi
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Murthy v. Missouri
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Securities and Exchange Commission v. Jarkesy
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City of Grants Pass v. Johnson
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Fischer v. United States
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Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo
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Trump v. United States
- 01Read →
Patrick Henry’s “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death”
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George Washington’s First Inaugural Address
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George Washington’s Farewell Address
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Thomas Jefferson’s First Inaugural Address
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Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address
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Winston Churchill’s Missouri Speech
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Harry Truman’s “Fair Deal” State of the Union
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Ronald Reagan’s “A Time for Choosing” Speech
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Governor Ronald Reagan, January 5, 1967: Inaugural Address
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Ronald Reagan’s Christmas Message to America
