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Selected Sources for Reading: Books and Articles

Chapter 2 Federalism and the Texas Constitution

Angell, Robert H. A Compilation and Analysis of the 1998 Texas Constitution and the Original 1876 Text. Studies in American History. Vol. 23. Lewiston, N.Y.: Edwin Mellen Press, 1998.

Baum, Dale. The Shattering of Texas Unionism: Politics in the Lone Star State During the Civil War Era. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1998. Covers the political background that produced Texas’s three state constitutions in the 1860s.

Bowman, Ann O’M. “American Federalism on the Horizon.” Publius: The Journal of Federalism 32 (Spring 2002): 3-22.

Braden, George D. Citizen’s Guide to the Proposed New Texas Constitution. Institute of Urban Studies, University of Houston. Austin: Sterling Swift, 1975.

Braden, George D., et al. The Constitution of the State of Texas: An Annotated Comparative Analysis. 2 vols. Austin: Texas Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, 1977.

Brock, Ralph H. “‘The Republic of Texas Is No More’: An Answer to the Claim that Texas Was Unconstitutionally Annexed to the United States.” Texas Tech Law Review 28, no. 3 (1997): 679–751. Addresses the claim of Richard Lance McLaren and others who support the militia-influenced “Republic of Texas” (R.O.T.) actions of the 1990s.

Chen, Paul. “Federalism and Rights: A Neglected Relationship.” South Texas Law Review 40 (Summer 1999): 845–879.

Cole, Richard L., Rodney V. Hissong, and Enid Arvidson. “Devolution: Where Is the Revolution?” Publius: The Journal of Federalism 29 (Fall 1999): 99–112.

Cornyn, John. “The Roots of the Texas Constitution: Settlement to Statehood.” Texas Tech Law Review. 26, no. 4 (1995): 1089-1218.

Deaton, Charles. A Voter’s Guide to the 1974 Texas Constitutional Convention: A Description of the Most Important Votes Taken During the 1974 Constitutional Convention, with the Voting Records of the 181 Legislator Delegates Fully Shown. Austin: Texas Government Newsletter, 1975.

Dilger, Robert Jay. “The Study of American Federalism at the Turn of the Century.” State and Local Government Review 32 (Spring 2000): 98–107.

Dinan, John. “State Constitutional Developments in 2005.” In Book of the States, 2006 ed., 3-8. Lexington, Ky.: Council of State Governments, 2006.

Fink, Rob. “Hermine Tobolowsky, the Texas ELRA, and the Political Struggle for Women’s Equal Rights.” Journal of the West 42 (Summer 2003): 52-57.

Gantt, Fred, Jr. The Impact of the Texas Constitution on the Executive. Houston: Institute for Urban Studies, University of Houston, 1973.

Gardner, James A. “Devolution and the Paradox of Democratic Unresponsiveness.” South Texas Law Review 40 (Summer 1999): 759–787.

Greenhill, Joe R. "The Constitutional Amendment Giving Criminal Jurisdiction to the Texas Courts of Civil Appeals and Recognizing the Inherent Power of the Texas Supreme Court." Texas Tech Law Review. 33:2 (2002): 377-404. A former chief justice of the Supreme Court of Texas gives a step-by-step account of amending the state constitution.

Greve, Michael S. “Federalism’s Frontier.” Texas Review of Law & Politics 7 (Fall 2002): 93-126.

Grunwald, Michael. “Devolution: Congress Doesn’t Walk the Walk.” State Legislatures (January 2000): 32–34.

Harrington, James C. The Texas Bill of Rights: In the Mainstream of the Movement to Protect Individual Rights—A Commentary and Litigation Manual, 2d ed. Carlsbad, Calif.: Butterworth Legal Publishers, 1994.

Howell, Kenneth Wayne. “‘When the Rabble Hiss, Will May Patriots Tremble’: James W. Throckmorton and the Secession Movement in Texas, 1854-1861.” Texas State Historical Quarterly 109 (April 2006): 464-493.

Jewett, Clayton E. Texas in the Confederacy: An Experiment in Nation Building. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 2003.

Kincaid, John. “State-Federal Relations: Federal Dollars Down, Federal Power Up.” In Book of the States, 2006 ed., 19-25. Lexington, Ky.: Council of State Governments, 2006.

Kincaid, John, Andrew Parkin, Richard L. Cole, and Alejandro Rodriguez. “Public Opinion on Federalism in Canada, Mexico, and the United States in 2003.” Publius: The Journal of Federalism 33 (Summer 2003): 145-162.

Kreidler, Tai. “Hermine Tobolowsky: Mother of Texas Equal Rights Amendment.” In The Human Tradition in Texas, Edited by Ty Cashin and Jesús de la Teja, 209-220. Wilmington, Del.: SR Books, 2001.

Lund, Nelson. “Federalism and the Constitutional Right to Bear Arms.” Publius: The Journal of Federalism 33 (Summer 2003): 63-81.

McKay, Seth S. Debates in the Texas Constitutional Convention of 1875. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1930.

McKay, Seth S. Making the Texas Constitution of 1876. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1924.

McKay, Seth S. Seven Decades of the Texas Constitution of 1876. Lubbock: Printed by the author, 1942.

May, Janice C. The Texas Constitutional Revision Experience in the ‘70s. Austin: Sterling Swift, 1975.

May, Janice C. “Texas Constitutional Revision: Lessons and Laments.” National Civic Review 66 (February 1977): 64–69.

May, Janice C. The Texas State Constitution: A Reference Guide. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1996.

Moneyhon, Carl H. Texas After the Civil War: The Struggle of Reconstruction. College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 2004.

Mooney, Christopher Z. “The Decline of Federalism and the Rise of Morality-Policy Conflict in the United States.” Publius: The Journal of Federalism 30 (Winter/Spring 2002): 171-188.

Peterson, Paul E. “The New Politics of Federalism.” In Book of the States, 2005 ed., 21-24. Lexington, Ky.: Council of State Governments, 2005.

Ranney, Joseph A. “A Fool’s Errand: Legal Legacies of Reconstruction in Two Southern States.” Texas Wesleyan Law Review 9 (Fall 2002): 1-58. Texas and North Carolina compared.

Sibley, Joel H. Storm Over Texas: The Annexation Controversy and the Road to Civil War. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005.

Smallwood, James M., Barry A. Crouch, and Larry Peacock. Murder, Mayhem: The War of Reconstruction in Texas. College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 2004.

Soika, Kelli. “Someone Must Pay: Proposals for Dealing with Unfunded Mandates.” Interim News No. 78-7 (Austin: House Research Organization, Texas House of Representatives, 22 July 2004): 1-9.

Stauffer, Molly, and Carl Tubbesing. “The Mandate Monster.” State Legislatures (May 2004): 22-23.

Sturdevant, Paul E. “Robert John Walker and Texas Annexation: A Lost Champion.” Southwestern Historical Quarterly 109 (October 2005): 189-204.

Tarr, G. Alan. Understanding State Constitutions. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1998.

Texas Constitutional Convention. Record of Proceedings: Official Journals. 8 January–30 July 1974. 2 vols. Austin, 1974.

Texas Constitutional Convention. Record of Proceedings: Official Proceedings. 8 January–30 July 1974. 2 vols. Austin, 1974.

Texas Constitutional Revision Commission. A New Constitution for Texas: Text, Explanation, Commentary. Austin, November 1973.

Tubbesing, Carl. "Federalism's Ups and Downs." State Legislatures (February 2002): 12-17. After years of devolution, there are pressures for centralization.

Vernon’s Annotated Constitution of the State of Texas. 3 vols. St. Paul, Minn.: West, 1955. Vol. 3 contains texts of the early constitutions and organic laws of Texas.

Walker, David B. The Rebirth of Federalism. New York: Chatham House, 2000.

Wallace, Ernest, David M. Vigness, and George B. Ward, eds. Documents of Texas History, rev. ed. Austin: Texas State Historical Association, 2003. Included among 141 documents are documents on Texas’s constitutional history.

Williams, Patrick G. “Of Rutabagas and redeemers: Rethinking the Texas Constitution of 1876.” Southwestern Historical Quarterly 106 (October 2002): 230-253.

Winders, Richard Bruce. Sacrificed at the Alamo: Tragedy and Triumph in the Texas Revolution. Abilene, Tex.: State House Press, 2004. Discusses the politics of alienation, centralism vs. federalism, and other issues leading to rebellion and independence.

Zimmerman, Joseph F. “Congressional Preemption and the States.” In Book of the States, 2006 ed., 26-29. Lexington, Ky.: Council of State Governments, 2006.

Zimmerman, Joseph F. “Cooperative Federalism in the Twentieth Centuy.” Publius: The Journal of Federalism 31 (Spring 2001): 15-30.

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