Preface --
Acknowledgments --
PART ONE HISTORY AND CONTEXT --
1 CONSTITUTIONAL BACKGROUNDS --
The Political Ideas of the Revolutionary Era --
The Declaration of Independence and the American Revolution --
The Revolutionary State Constitutions and the Articles of Confederation --
The Constitutional Convention --
The Ratification Process --
Questions --
Key Terms --
Suggestions for Further Reading --
2 THE CONSTITUTION, AMERICAN POLITICS, AND THE DEVELOPMEN OF AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONAL LAW --
Basic Features of the Original Constitution --
Constitutional Interpretation --
Judicial Review --
The Constitution and American Politics --
Jurisprudence --
Conclusion --
Questions --
Key Terms --
Suggestions for Further Reading --
PART TWO THE CONSTITUTION OF 1787 --
3 THE PREAMBLE AND ARTICLE I: THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH --
The Preamble --
Article I: The Legislature --
Questions --
Key Terms --
Suggestions for Further Reading --
4 ARTICLE II: THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH --
Questions --
Key Terms --
Suggestions for Further Reading --
The Presidential Election of 2000 --
5 ARTICLE III: THE JUDICIARY --
Questions --
Key Terms --
Suggestions for Further Reading --
6 ARTICLES IV-VII --
Article IV: Relations among the States --
Article V: Procedures for Amending the Constitution --
Article VI: The States and the Federal Government --
Article VII: Ratification of the Constitution --
Questions --
Key Terms --
Suggestions for Further Reading --
PART THREE THE AMENDMENTS --
7 THE BILL OF RIGHTS I: PROTECTING INDIVIDUAL LIBERTIES --
The Bill of Rights --
The Bill of Rights and the States --
Postincorporation Limits --
State Constitutions and Individual Rights --
Amendment I: Freedom of Religion, Speech, Assembly, and Petition --
Amendment II: The Right to Bear Arms --
Amendment III: Quartering of Soldiers --
Questions --
Key Terms --
Suggestions for Further Reading --
8 THE BILL OF RIGHTS II: PROCEDURAL BOUNDARIES --
Amendment IV: Searches and Seizures --
Amendment V: Grand Juries, Double Jeopardy, Self-Incrimination, Due Process, Eminent Domain --
Amendment VI: Criminal Court Procedures --
Amendment VII: Trial by Jury in Civil Cases --
Amendment VIII: Bail, and Cruel and Unusual Punishments --
Civil Liberties and the Response to September 11, 2001 --
Questions --
Key Terms --
Suggestions for Further Reading --
CONTEXT 9 CLARIFYING AND MODIFYING --
Amendment IX: Rights Retained by the People --
Amendment X: Powers Reserved to the States --
Amendment XI: Suits against States --
Amendment XII: Election of the President --
Questions --
Key Terms --
Suggestions for Further Reading --
10 THE RECONSTRUCTION AMENDMENTS --
Amendment XIII: The Prohibition of Slavery --
Amendment XIV: Citizenship, Privileges, and Immunities of United States Citizenship, Due Process, and Equal --
Protection of the Laws --
Amendment XV: The Right to Vote: Black Men --
Questions --
Key Terms --
Suggestions for Further Reading --
11 THE PROGRESSIVE ERA --
Amendment XVI: Income Taxes --
Amendment XVII: Direct Election of Senators --
Amendment XVIII: Prohibition --
Amendment XIX: The Right to Vote : Women --
Questions --
Key Terms --
Suggestions for Further Reading --
12 1933 TO 1992 --
Amendment XX: The Lame-Duck --
Amendment XXI: Repeal of Prohibition --
Amendment XXII: Limits on Presidential Terms --
Amendment XXIII: Presidential Electors for the District of Columbia --
Amendment XXIV: The Prohibition on the Poll Tax --
Amendment XXV: Presidential Succession and Disability and Vice Presidential Vacancies --
Amendment XXVI: The Right to Vote: Eighteen-Year-Olds --
Amendment XXVII: The Madison Amendment --
Questions --
Key Terms --
Suggestions for Further Reading --
PART FOUR THE DOCUMENTS --
THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE --
THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES --
Legal Materials on the Internet --
Credits --
Index.