Idiot's Guides · the U.S. Constitution, 2E by Harper, Timothy -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Section 1: Congress Section 2: The House of Representatives Section 3: The Senate Section 4: Elections and Sessions Section 5: Housekeeping Section 6: Pay and Privileges Section 7: Legislation Section 8: Enumerated Powers Section 9: Restrictions on Congress Section 10: Restrictions on the States

Article II: The Executive Branch

Section 1: President and Vice President Section 2: Presidential Powers Section 3: Executive Responsibility Section 4: Impeachment

Article III: The Judicial Branch

Section 1: Federal Courts Section 2: Jurisdiction and Judicial Review Section 3: Treason

5 Articles IV Through VII: Making the Federal System Work

Article IV: Full Faith and Credit

Section 1: Full Faith and Credit Section 2: Privileges and Immunities Section 3: The Equal Footing Clause Section 4: The Guarantee Clause

Article V: Amending the Constitution Article VI: The Supreme Law of the Land Article VII: Ratification

Part 3: Your Basic Rights

6 The First Amendment: Freedom of Expression

The First Amendment Freedom of Religion

Religious Practices Evolution Parochial Schools School Prayer Religious Displays

Freedom of Speech

Political Speech Clear and Present Danger Fighting Words Corporations as People Obscenity

Freedom of the Press

Censorship Libel

Freedom of Assembly Freedom to Petition

7 The Second and Third Amendments: Arms and Armies

Second Amendment: The Right to Bear Arms

The Militia Clause The Right to Arms Clause Evolving Law on Guns

The Third Amendment: Quartering Troops

8 The Fourth Amendment: Unreasonable Searches and Seizures

The Fourth Amendment Foundations

English History Early America

Searches and Seizures

The Exclusionary Rule Fruit of the Poisonous Tree The Legal Technicality

Privacy

Consent Good Faith

Stop and Frisk To Knock or Not

9 The Fifth Amendment: Due Process

The Fifth Amendment Grand Jury Indictments Double Jeopardy Self-Incrimination

Confessions Taking the Fifth Immunity The Miranda Warning

Due Process of Law Eminent Domain

10 The Sixth and Seventh Amendments: Fair Trials

The Sixth Amendment: Juries in Criminal Trials

The Speedy Trial Clause The Public Trial Clause The Impartial Jury Clause The Confrontation Clause The Compulsory Process Clause Assistance of Counsel

The Seventh Amendment: Juries in Civil Trials

11 The Eighth Amendment: Bail and Punishment

Excessive Bail and Fines Cruel and Unusual Punishment

Three Strikes and You’re Out The Death Penalty

12 The Ninth Through Twelfth Amendments: The Political System

The Ninth Amendment: Unenumerated Rights

Privacy Birth Control and Abortion

The Tenth Amendment: States’ Rights The Eleventh Amendment: Suing States The Twelfth Amendment: Picking the President

13 The Thirteenth Through Fifteenth Amendments: Civil Rights

The Thirteenth Amendment: Abolishing Slavery

The Civil War Reconstruction

The Fourteenth Amendment: Due Process and Equal Protection

Citizenship Civil Rights

The Fifteenth Amendment: Voting Rights

14 The Sixteenth and Seventeenth Amendments: Taxes and Senators

The Sixteenth Amendment

The Federal Income Tax Law Tax Protests

The Seventeenth Amendment

15 The Eighteenth and Twenty-First Amendments: Prohibition and Repeal

The Eighteenth Amendment: Prohibition

America and Alcohol The Volstead Act The Downside of Dry

The Twenty-First Amendment: Repeal

16 The Nineteenth Amendment: Women’s Suffrage

The Birth of a Movement Winning the Vote Ratification

17 The Twentieth, Twenty-Second, Through Twenty-Seventh Amendments

The Twentieth Amendment: Lame Ducks The Twenty-Second Amendment: Presidential Term Limits The Twenty-Third Amendment: D.C. Voting The Twenty-Fourth Amendment: No Tax on Voting The Twenty-Fifth Amendment: Presidential Succession The Twenty-Sixth Amendment: Voting at Age 18 The Twenty-Seventh Amendment: Congressional Pay

Part 4: Modifying the Government

18 The ERA and Other Failed Amendments

Early Amendments Still Pending

The Congressional Representation Amendment The Noble Title Amendment The Slavery Amendment The Child Labor Amendment

The Equal Rights Amendment The D.C. Representation Amendment Amendments That Never Got Out of Congress

The Balanced Budget Amendment The Flag Desecration Amendment

19 Future Constitutional Issues

Expected Supreme Court Cases

Abortion Crime and Punishment The Right to Petition Free Speech and National Security Presidential Power The Political Court

Future Changes to the Constitution

Suggested Amendments A Balanced Budget One Man, One Woman Elections Guns and Gun Control Eminent Domain A Constitutional Convention

The Constitution: Our Continuing National Conversation

Appendixes

A Glossary B Resources C Petitioning the Government D The U.S. Constitution

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