Updated to include reference to recent Supreme Court cases, this volume explains all seven Articles of the Constitution, its Preamble, and its Amendments. The Constitution is set down in its entirety and explained in detail. Significant Supreme Court decisions are cited to demonstrate how the Constitution has continued to affect the lives and protect the liberties of Americans in the more than two centuries since its ratification. Also presented is discussion of how changes have occurred in Constitutional interpretation under the leadership of the Supreme Court's succeeding chief justices. The book is illustrated, and features a foreword by the Constitutional historian, Henry Steele Commager. Here is an excellent classroom supplement for high school-level social studies courses and introductory college courses.
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This book provides you with the constitution, its background and history, important cases, and how they were decided. It also provides an explanation of articles, clauses and sections.
During the recent supreme court nominations there were a number of pundits providing mis- and disinformation regarding the constitution. This book certainly helped clarify what the constitution really meant. Another word used more freely in the past few years is treason. From book titles to charges, I was able to learn through this book how the founding fathers defined it and why they made it so hard to use. So, In order to perform a more perfect knowledge, ensure your intellectual tranquility, and the achieve the security of a perfect argument, I recommend that you exercise your inalienable right to purchase this book, and secure the blessings of life, liberty, and the pursuit of "well-informedness."
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POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY had its beginnings in ancient Greece, where Aristotle, in particular, believed in a concept of "absolute justice." Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, House of Representatives, New York, Bill of Rights, Amendment Twenty, Armed Forces, Voting Rights Act, South Carolina, World War, Warren Court, Constitutional Convention, District of Columbia, National Guard, President Clinton, President Wilson, Articles of Confederation, Declaration of Independence, Interstate Commerce Commission, New Deal, White House, Amendment Twelve, Dred Scott, New Hampshire, North Carolina, President Roosevelt New!
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