U.S. Constitution For Dummies

U.S. Constitution For Dummies

Arnheim, Michael

John Wiley & Sons Inc

07/2018

448

Mole

Inglês

9781119387299

15 a 20 dias

404

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Introduction 1

Part 1: Getting Started with the U.S Constitution 5

Chapter 1: Identifying the Main Principles and Controversies of the Constitution 7

Chapter 2: Probing Underlying Concepts: Big Thinkers, Big Thoughts 17

Chapter 3: Untangling Some Confusion and Ambiguities 31

Chapter 4: Catching a Bird's-Eye View of the Constitution 43

Chapter 5: Changing the Constitution by Amendment and Interpretation 53

Part 2: We the People: How the United States Is Governed 65

Chapter 6: Scrutinizing Sovereignty: Who Rules America? 67

Chapter 7: Defining Federalism 79

Chapter 8: Separation of Powers: Checking and Balancing 89

Chapter 9: Doing Business: The Commerce Clause 107

Part 3: Assessing the Three Engines of Government: The President, Congress, and the Judiciary 117

Chapter 10: Examining the Role of the President 119

Chapter 11: Giving Everyone a Voice: The House of Representatives and the Senate 143

Chapter 12: "Saying What the Law Is": The Judicial System 163

Chapter 13: You're Fired! Investigating the Impeachment Process 181

Part 4: Guaranteeing Important Rights: The Bill of Rights 195

Chapter 14: The First Amendment: Freedom of Religion, Speech, and Assembly 197

Chapter 15: The Second Amendment: Bearing Arms 211

Chapter 16: The Third and Fourth Amendments: Protecting Citizens from Government Forces 223

Chapter 17: Taking the Fifth - and a Bit of the Fourteenth 239

Chapter 18: Regulating Crime and Punishment: The Sixth through Eighth Amendments 257

Chapter 19: Analyzing an "Inkblot" and a "Truism": The Ninth and Tenth Amendments 275

Part 5: Addressing Liberties and Modifying the Government: More Amendments 287

Chapter 20: States' Rights, Elections, and Slavery: The Eleventh through Thirteenth Amendments 289

Chapter 21: The Fourteenth Amendment: Ensuring Equal Protection 303

Chapter 22: Starts, Stops, and Clarifications: Amendments since 1870 319

Part 6: The Part of Tens 337

Chapter 23: Ten Landmark Constitutional Cases 339

Chapter 24: Ten Influential Supreme Court Justices 353

Chapter 25: Two Sides of Five Constitutional Conundrums 365

Appendix: Constitution of the United States of America 379

Index 403
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