CONSTITUTION DAY + CITIZENSHIP DAY

Every year on September 17th, we recognize the adoption of the United States Constitution and those who have become U.S. citizens. On this day in 1787, delegates to the Constitutional Convention signed the U.S. Constitution in Philadelphia.

Engage

Visit the WWU AS Bookstore and the second floor of Old Main for Constitution Day + Citizenship Day displays and resources. 

Vote!

In recognition of Constitution Day + Citizenship Day and the upcoming election, Financial Aid encourages you to vote. If you haven't registered to vote, register on the VoteWA website. You can check your registration status at My Voting Information. Also, check out Western Votes!

Thank you to the Western Library for some awesome resources and recommendations! 

Items available through Western Libraries:

• eBooks
  • Tushnet, M. (2020). Taking back the Constitution : activist judges and the next age of American law. Yale University Press. 
  • McConnell, M. W., Macedo, S., Macedo, S., Macedo, S., & Macedo, S. (2021). The president who would not be king : executive power under the constitution. Princeton University Press. 
  • Baer, J. A. (2018). Equality under the Constitution : Reclaiming the Fourteenth Amendment. Cornell University Press. 
  • Franks, M. A. (2019). The cult of the constitution. Stanford University Press. 
• Physical Books 
  • Bilder, M. S. (2022). Female genius : Eliza Harriot and George Washington at the dawn of the Constitution. University of Virginia Press. 
  • Broadwater, J. (2020). Jefferson, Madison, and the making of the Constitution. The University of North Carolina Press.
  • Sikoryak, R. (2020). Constitution illustrated (First edition.). Drawn & Quarterly.
  • Nivola, P. S., & Wittes, B. (Eds.). (2015). What Would Madison Do? : The Father of the Constitution Meets Modern American Politics (1st ed.). Brookings Institution Press.
  • Stone, G. R. (2017). Sex and the constitution : sex, religion, and law from America’s origins to the twenty-first century (First edition.). Liveright Publishing Corporation.
  • Hudson, D. L. (2022). The Constitution explained : a guide for every American. Visible Ink Press. 
  • Klarman, M. J. (2016). The framers’ coup : the making of the United States Constitution. Oxford University Press.

Online Resources

• National Archives
• National Constitution Center
• Interactive constitution website
• Constitution Quiz
• United States Constitution Day Website
• Tour the National Constitution Center

Downloads

• US Constitution