Read the WHOLE Declaration of Independence.

Read the Articles of Confederation.

Read Federalist Papers #10 and #84.

Read Federalist #51.

Read the WHOLE Constitution.

Read Emily Bazelon’s essay on norms.

Read Article 1, Section 8.

See what happens when states pass laws that conflict with national law.

Read the text of Marbury v. Madison, McCulloch v. Maryland, and Gibbons v. Ogden.