(0)
(0)
(0)
(0)
(0)Catalog Search Results
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st Threshold Editions trade pbk. ed.
Physical Desc
xxxii, 430 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Beck reworks the Federalist Papers into "modern English" and provides his own illuminating commentary and annotations. For a number of the essays, he includes the viewpoints of both liberal and conservative historians and scholars, making this a fair and insightful perspective on the historical works that remain the primary source for interpreting Constitutional law and the rights of American citizens.
Author
Publisher
Teacher Created Materials
Pub. Date
[2015]
Lexile measure
720L
Physical Desc
1 online resource (25 pages) : illustrations (some color).
Language
English
Description
This informative book gives readers a look into the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. Readers will learn about the three branches of government--executive, legislative, and judicial-- as well as the way each of those branches works to keep order and the various aspects including Congress, the Supreme Court, the House of Representatives and the Senate. Featuring detailed images, stunning facts, and supportive text, this book will have readers interested,...
Author
Pub. Date
2003
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
1340L
Physical Desc
288 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
The Words We Live By takes an entertaining and informative look at America's most important historical document, now with discussions on new rulings on hot button issues such as immigration, gay marriage, gun control, and affirmative action.
In The Words We Live By, Linda Monk probes the idea that the Constitution may seem to offer cut-and-dried answers to questions regarding personal rights, but the interpretations of this hallowed document are...
Author
Publisher
All Points Books, an imprint of St. Martin's Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 310 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Celebrated constitutional scholar John Yoo makes a provocative case against Donald Trump's alleged disruption of constitutional rules and norms. Donald Trump isn't shredding the Constitution--he's its greatest defender. Ask any liberal--and many moderate conservatives--and they'll tell you that Donald Trump is a threat to the rule of law and the U.S. Constitution. Mainstream media outlets have reported fresh examples of alleged executive overreach...
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
ix, 210 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Problems of constitutional interpretation have many faces, but much of the contemporary discussion has focused on what has come to be called "originalism." The core of originalism is the belief that fidelity to the original understanding of the Constitution should constrain contemporary judges. As originalist thinking has evolved, it has become clear that there is a family of originalist theories, some emphasizing the intent of the framers, while...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
vii, 177 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps, portraits ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
By the time of his retirement in June 2010, the author had become the second longest serving Justice in the history of the Supreme Court. Now he draws upon his more than three decades on the Court, during which he was involved with many of the defining decisions of the modern era, to offer a book articulating not only the need for changes, but also what those improvements should be. This is a call to arms, detailing six specific ways in which the...
11) Our Constitution
Author
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
255 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), map ; 29 cm
Language
English
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
xvi, 615 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
This work explores the little-understood relationship between the written Constitution and the many external factors that shape the interpretations of this foundational document. Despite its venerated place atop American law and politics, our written Constitution does not enumerate all of the rules and rights, principles and procedures that actually govern modern America. The document makes no explicit mention of cherished concepts like the separation...
Author
Series
Publisher
Bearport Publishing Company
Pub. Date
[2022]
Lexile measure
680L
Physical Desc
32 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The Supreme Court protects everyone's Constitutional rights. But what do you know about the highest court in the country? Learn where the Supreme Court fits in the judicial branch, how justices land their jobs, and what the court's rulings mean for the country as a whole. It's key social studies curriculum made approachable for all!"--
Author
Publisher
Encounter Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
xiv, 299 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"[This book] tells the ... story of our Constitution through the eyes of ten extraordinary individuals--some renowned, like Alexander Hamilton and Woodrow Wilson, and some forgotten, like James Wilson and Ida B. Wells-Barnett. [The author] brings to life their struggles over our supreme law from its origins in revolutionary America to the era of Obama and Trump. Sweeping from settings as diverse as Gold Rush California to the halls of Congress, and...
Series
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (32:12 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In Washington, D.C., on May 16, 2006, U.S. Supreme Court Justices Stephen G. Breyer, Anthony Kennedy, and Sandra Day O'Connor fielded questions from 50 high school students from the Philadelphia and Los Angeles areas. The students and justices discussed the significance of the judiciary and the ways that independence is protected by the Constitution.
Author
Publisher
Regnery Publishing ; a division of Salem Media Group
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
xxxii, 240 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Senator Cruz argues that the high court decisions that affect your life have been decided by just one vote. Case studies illustrate his point that one vote preserves your right to speak freely, to bear arms, and to exercise your faith.
"In One vote away, you will discover how often the high court decisions that affect your life have been decided by just one vote. One vote preserves your right to speak freely, to bear arms, and to exercise your faith....
Author
Publisher
Encounter Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
153 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
When Clarence Thomas joined the Supreme Court in 1991, he found with dismay that it was interpreting a very different Constitution from the one the framers had written--the one that had established a federal government manned by the people's own elected representatives, charged with protecting citizens' inborn rights while leaving them free to work out their individual happiness themselves, in their families, communities, and states. He found that...