The Making of America series traces the constitutional history of the United States through overlapping biographies.
The debates that raged when our nation was founded have been argued ever since: How should the Constitution be interpreted? What is the meaning, and where are the limits, of personal liberty? What is the proper role of the federal government? Who should be included in “we the people”?
Each biography in the series tells the story of an American leader who played a major role in shaping the United States of today. The result is a history of American constitutional law through a series of overlapping biographies.