| Description |
311 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. |
| Series |
American history series |
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American history series (San Diego, Calif.)
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 296-304) and index. |
| Contents |
The Constitution needs a bill of rights / Brutus -- The constitution needs no bill of rghts / Alexander Hamilton -- A bill of rights would be ineffectual / James Madison -- A bill of rights would be beneficial / Thomas Jefferson -- The Sedition Act violates the Bill of Rights / George Hay -- The Sedition Act does not violate the Bill of Rights / 5th Congress Majority Report -- Freedom of speech must be protected / Theodore Schroeder -- Freedom of speech must sometimes be limited / Oliver Wendell Holmes -- Political protesters should be guaranteed freedom of speech / Oliver Wendell Holmes --Political protest should be restricted / John H. Wigmore -- Freedom of speech must be curbed for the public good / Edward T. Sanford -- Freedom of speech benefits the public good / Louis Brandeis -- A general religious tax can be consistent with religious freedom / The Presbytery of Hanover -- A general religious tax is detrimental to religious freedom / James Madison -- Mandatory flag salutes are constitutional / Felix Frankfurter -- Mandatory flag salutes violate the First Amendement / Robert H. Jackson -- The First Amendment clearly separates church and state / Hugo Black -- The First Amendment does not absolutely separate church and state / American Roman Catholic Bishops -- School prayers violate the First Amendment / Hugo Black -- School prayers do not violate the First Amendment / Strom Thurmond -- War justifies the restriction of civil liberties / Abraham Lincoln -- War does not always justify the restriction of civil liberties / David Davis -- Interning Japanese-Americans during World War II was justified / Hugo Black -- Interning Japanese-Americans during World War II was not justified / Frank Murphy -- Advocacy of communism is not protected by the Bill of Rights / Fred M. Vinson -- Advocacy of communism should be protected by the Bill of Rights / William O. Douglas -- Due process does not necessarily include all Bill of Rights provisions / Stanley Matthews -- Due process should incorporate all Bill of Rights provisions / John Marshall Harlan -- Due process does not include the right to a lawyer at public expense / Owen J. Roberts -- Due process does include the right to a lawyer at public expense / Hugo Black -- The Bill of Rights implies a right to privacy / William O. Douglas and Arthur Goldberg -- The Bill of Rights does not imply a right to privacy / Hugo Black -- Supreme Court rulings have unfairly hampered the police / Eugene H. Methvin -- Supreme Court rulings have made the police follow the Bill of Rights / William H. Dempsey Jr. -- The Supreme Court has distorted the meaning of the Bill of Rights / Gary L. McDowell -- The Supreme Court has strengthened the Bill of Rights / Kermit L. Hall. |
| Subject |
Civil rights -- United States.
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United States. Constitution. 1st-10th Amendments.
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| Added Author |
Dudley, William, 1964-
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| ISBN |
1565100883: $17.95 |
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1565100875: $9.95 |
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