TY - BOOK AU - Corwin, Edward S. AU - Corwin, Edward S. TI - Understanding the constitution PY - 1958/// CY - New York : PB - Holt, Rinchart and Winston, KW - Constitutional law -- United States KW - United States -- Constitutions N1 - Preface -- A Note on Case Citations -- BACKGROUND OF THE CONSTITUTION -- The Declaration of Independence -- The Articles of Confederation -- Toward a More Perfect Union -- The Constitutional Convention -- BASIC FEATURES OF THE CONSTITUTION -- Federalism -- Separation of Powers and Checks and Balances -- Judicial Review -- THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES -- The Preamble Article I-The Legislative Article -- Article II-The Executive Article -- Article III-The Judicial Article -- Article IV-Interstate Relations -- Article V-The Amending Power -- Article VI-The Supremacy Article -- Article VII-Ratification of the Constitution -- AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION THE BILL OF RIGHTS -- Amendment I-Religion, Speech, Assembly, and Petition -- Amendment II-Militia and the Right to Bear Arms -- Amendment III-Quartering of Soldiers -- Amendment IV-Searches and Seizures -- Amendment V-Grand Juries, Double Jeopardy, -- Incrimination, Due Process, and Eminent Domain -- Amendment VI-Federal Criminal Court Procedures -- Amendment VII-Trial by Jury in Common Law Cases -- Amendment VIII-Bail and Cruel and Unusual Punish- ments -- Amendment IX-Rights Retained by the People -- Amendment X-Reserved Powers of the States -- Amendment XI-Suits against States -- Amendment XII-Election of the President -- CIVIL WAR AMENDMENTS -- Amendment XIII-Slavery -- Amendment XIV-Citizenship, Privileges and Immunities -- of United States Citizenship, Due Process of Law, and -- Equal Protection of the Laws -- Amendment XV-The Right to Vote -- Amendment XVI-Income Taxes -- Amendment XVII-Direct Election of United States Sena- tors -- Amendment XVIII-Prohibition -- Amendment XIX-Woman Suffrage -- Amendment XX-The Lame-Duck Amendment -- Amendment XXI-Repeal of Prohibition -- Amendment XXII-Limiting the Number of Presidential Terms -- PROPOSED AMENDMENT-CHILD LABOR -- Notes -- Appendix-The Constitution of the United States ER -