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Phase Two

Reading Guide

Weeks 13 through 20 in the order they were written to be read, with the question each essay puts to the reader and the Freedom Note that goes with it.

Part One · Weeks 13–14

Reconstruction and the Right to Vote

Start here. These two essays finish the Reconstruction arc: the Fifteenth Amendment, written because the vote was being denied by race, and the later amendments that widened the franchise by sex, residence, poll tax and age. Read them as one argument about who counts as a voter and who decides.

  1. Week 13 · Sunday, November 29, 2026 · 8 min read

    A Right Written Because It Was Denied

    Available Sunday, Nov 29

    Enforcement, disenfranchisement, and the statutes built on the amendment.

    Companion Freedom Note (Thursday, December 3, 2026): Enforcement Clauses Are the Point

  2. Week 14 · Sunday, December 6, 2026 · 8 min read

    Four Amendments, One Franchise

    Available Sunday, Dec 6

    Suffrage expansion, poll taxes, and the eighteen-year-old vote.

    Companion Freedom Note (Thursday, December 10, 2026): The Poll Tax and Its Descendants

Part Two · Weeks 15–20

Separation of Powers and the Structure of Liberty

The Constitution protects rights twice: once by naming them, and once by dividing power so no single office can take them. These six essays move from the division itself, through the stress tests of crisis and misconduct, to the courts and to the lawful way the whole design can be changed.

  1. Week 15 · Sunday, December 13, 2026 · 8 min read

    Ambition Counteracting Ambition

    Available Sunday, Dec 13

    Three branches, enumerated authority, and the logic of divided power.

    Companion Freedom Note (Thursday, December 17, 2026): Who Holds the Purse

  2. Week 16 · Sunday, December 20, 2026 · 8 min read

    Two Sovereigns, One Citizen

    Available Sunday, Dec 20

    Reserved powers, the supremacy clause, and commandeering.

    Companion Freedom Note (Thursday, December 24, 2026): Supremacy Is Not Unlimited

  3. Week 17 · Sunday, December 27, 2026 · 8 min read

    The Powers That Grow in a Crisis

    Available Sunday, Dec 27

    Declaring war, emergency statutes, and limits that must be invoked to work.

    Companion Freedom Note (Thursday, December 31, 2026): Habeas Corpus, Suspended and Restored

  4. Week 18 · Sunday, January 3, 2027 · 8 min read

    The Constitution's Ordinary Remedies

    Available Sunday, Jan 3

    Congressional oversight, subpoenas, impeachment, and the removal power.

    Companion Freedom Note (Thursday, January 7, 2027): Impeachment Is Not a Criminal Trial

  5. Week 19 · Sunday, January 10, 2027 · 8 min read

    Who Says What the Law Is

    Available Sunday, Jan 10

    Marbury, judicial independence, and compliance with court orders.

    Companion Freedom Note (Thursday, January 14, 2027): A Ruling Obeyed Is a Ruling Enforced

  6. Week 20 · Sunday, January 17, 2027 · 8 min read

    The Constitution's Repair Manual

    Available Sunday, Jan 17

    Article V, lawful change, and the citizen's part in constitutional maintenance.

    Companion Freedom Note (Thursday, January 21, 2027): Maintenance Is the Whole Job

Every date is on the Schedule.