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| Preface | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| History and Context | |
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| Constitutional Backgrounds | |
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| The Political Ideas of the Revolutionary Era | |
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| The Declaration of Independence and the American Revolution | |
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| The Revolutionary State Constitutions and the Articles of Confederation | |
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| The Constitutional Convention | |
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| The Ratification Process | |
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| Questions | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| Suggestions for Further Reading | |
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| The Constitution, American Politics, and the Development of American Constitutional Law | |
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| Basic Features of the Original Constitution | |
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| Constitutional Interpretation | |
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| Judicial Review | |
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| The Constitution and American Politics | |
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| Jurisprudence | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Questions | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| Suggestions for Further Reading | |
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| The Constitution of 1787 | |
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| The Preamble and Article I: The Legislative Branch | |
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| The Preamble | |
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| The Legislature | |
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| Article II: The Executive Branch | |
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| Questions | |
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| The Presidential Election of 2000 | |
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| Article III: The Judiciary | |
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| Questions | |
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| Articles IV-VII | |
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| Relations among the States | |
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| Procedures for Amending the Constitution | |
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| The States and the Federal Government | |
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| Ratification of the Constitution | |
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| Questions | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| Suggestions for Further Reading | |
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| The Amendments | |
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| The Bill of Rights I: Protecting Individual Liberties | |
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| The Bill of Rights | |
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| The Bill of Rights and the States | |
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| Postincorporation Limits | |
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| State Constitutions and Individual Rights | |
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| Freedom of Religion, Speech, Assembly, and Petition | |
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| The Right to Bear Arms | |
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| Quartering of Soldiers | |
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| Questions | |
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| Suggestions for Further Reading | |
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| The Bill of Rights II: Procedural Boundaries | |
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| Searches and Seizures | |
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| Grand Juries, Double Jeopardy, Self-Incrimination, Due Process, Eminent Domain | |
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| Criminal Court Procedures | |
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| Trial by Jury in Civil Cases | |
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| Bail, and Cruel and Unusual Punishments | |
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| Civil Liberties and the Response to September 11, 2001 | |
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| Clarifying and Modifying | |
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| Rights Retained by the People | |
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| Powers Reserved to the States | |
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| Suits against States | |
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| Election of the President | |
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| The Reconstruction Amendments | |
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| The Prohibition of Slavery | |
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| Citizenship, Privileges, and Immunities of United States Citizenship, Due Process, and Equal Protection of the Laws | |
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| The Right to Vote: Black Men | |
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| The Progressive Era | |
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| Income Taxes | |
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| Direct Election of Senators | |
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| Prohibition | |
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| The Right to Vote: Women | |
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| 1933 to 1992 | |
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| The Lame-Duck Amendment | |
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| Repeal of Prohibition | |
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| Limits on Presidential Terms | |
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| Presidential Electors for the District of Columbia | |
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| The Prohibition on the Poll Tax | |
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| Presidential Succession and Disability and Vice Presidential Vacancies | |
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| The Right to Vote: Eighteen-Year-Olds | |
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| The Madison Amendment | |
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| Questions | |
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| Suggestions for Further Reading | |
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| The Documents | |
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| The Declaration of Independence | |
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| The Constitution of the United States | |
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| Legal Materials on the Internet | |
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| Credits | |
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| Index | |