TY - BOOK AU - Peltason, J. W. TI - Corwin and Peltason 's understanding the constitution SN - 0534614078 PY - 2004/// CY - Belmont, CA : PB - Wadsworth/ Thomson Learning, KW - United States -- Constitutional law KW - Constitutional law -- United States KW - Constitutional law -- United StatesUnited States -- Constitutional law N1 - 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 ER -