Explains each of the twenty-six amendments to the Constitution.
This study, focusing exclusively on the 26 amendments to the U.S. Constitution, brings together in one place all of the arguments both for and against these amendments, as well as...
"When the U.S. Constitution was written more than 200 years ago, many people thought something was missing.
Presents the text of the Constitution, explains its fundamentals, and traces events leading up to its adoption in 1788.
Contains 165 essays in which the authors discuss specific articles or amendments to the Constitution of the United States, with some coverage of selected concepts, cases, or topics of importance...
This updated edition offers new analysis of the implications of recent political groups, specifically Tea Party Republicans who identify as "strict constitutionalists," and new information on the recent challenges to and reinterpretations ...
In this collection of original essays, a team of distinguished historians, political scientists, and legal scholars led by award-winning constitutional historian David E. Kyvig examines significant instances in which reform produced ...
John A. Garraty, ed., Quarrels That Have ShaPed the Constitution, rev. ed. (New York: Harper 87 Row, 1987). Leslie G. Goldstein, In Defense of the Text: Democracy and Constitutional Theory (Savage, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, ...
Can constitutional amendments be unconstitutional?
"This is the untold story of the most celebrated part of the Constitution.
Examines all of the amendments that have become part of the U.S. Constitution, discussing the political and social forces and individuals that contributed to each amendment, and considering their influence...