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Author
Publisher
Hyperion
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
The Words We Live By takes an entertaining and informative look at America's most important historical document, now with discussions on new rulings on hot button issues such as immigration, gay marriage, gun control, and affirmative action.
In The Words We Live By, Linda Monk probes the idea that the Constitution may seem to offer cut-and-dried answers to questions regarding personal rights, but the interpretations of this hallowed document are...
Author
Publisher
Liveright Publishing Corporation, a Division of W. W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"A groundbreaking work that retells modern history through the rise and spread of written constitutions-some enlightened, many oppressive-to every corner of the globe. Filling a crucial void in our understanding of world history, Linda Colley reconfigures the rise of the modern world over three centuries through the advent of written constitutions. Her absorbing work challenges accepted narratives, focusing on rulers like Catherine the Great, who...
Series
Great books of the Western world volume 43
Publisher
Encyclopædia Britannica
Pub. Date
1952
Language
English
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
It is an era that redefined history. As the 1790s began, a fragile America teetered on the brink, Russia was a vast imperial power, and France plunged into revolution. But in contrast to the way conventional histories tell it, none of these events occurred in isolation. Here, historian Winik shows how their fates combined to change the course of civilization. Here is a savage world war, the toppling of a great dynasty, and an America struggling to...
Publisher
LearningExpress, LLC
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"This review set offers 102 questions that test your knowledge of history concepts related to Amendments 1-15 to the United States Constitution. Review your score report to help target your strengths and weaknesses for further study." --
Publisher
LearningExpress, LLC
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"This review set offers 89 questions that test your knowledge of history concepts related to the United States Constitution. When you complete this review, use the score report to help target your strengths and weaknesses for further study." --
Publisher
LearningExpress, LLC
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"This review set offers 76 questions that test your knowledge of history concepts related to the United States Constitution. When you complete this review, use the score report to help target your strengths and weaknesses for further study." --
Author
Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"In a richly reported, behind-the-scenes portrait of the Supreme Court and the secret world of its nine justices, veteran national journalist David A. Kaplan shows how the Court, far from being the "least dangerous branch" of government, in the words of Alexander Hamilton, has become in many respects the most dangerous branch, subverting democracy and betraying the Constitution. Never before has the Supreme Court been more central to American politics....
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"According to commentator and lawyer Elie Mystal, Republicans are wrong when they tell you the First Amendment allows religious fundamentalists to discriminate against gay people who like cake. They're wrong when they tell you the Second Amendment protects the right to own a private arsenal. They're wrong when they say the death penalty isn't cruel or unusual punishment, and they're wrong when they tell you we have no legal remedies for the scourge...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"The prizewinning author of Founding Brothers and American Sphinx now gives us the unexpected story--brilliantly told--of why the thirteen colonies, having just fought off the imposition of a distant centralized governing power, would decide to subordinate themselves anew. The triumph of the American Revolution was neither an ideological nor political guarantee that the colonies would relinquish their independence and accept the creation of a federal...
Series
Publisher
LearningExpress
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"This eBook will help students learn the history concepts related to the U.S. Constitution. Each lesson covers a key historical time period and includes interesting facts and quotes, as well as practice questions to help students track their progress." --
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Formats
Description
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. Why impeachment is the only remedy for the dangers posed by President Trump, as explained by celebrated Supreme Court lawyer and former Acting Solicitor General Neal Katyal.
No one is above the law. This belief is as American as freedom of speech and turkey on Thanksgiving—held sacred by Democrats and Republicans alike. But as celebrated Supreme Court lawyer and former Acting Solicitor General...
No one is above the law. This belief is as American as freedom of speech and turkey on Thanksgiving—held sacred by Democrats and Republicans alike. But as celebrated Supreme Court lawyer and former Acting Solicitor General...
Author
Publisher
Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"In The Constitution, constitutional scholar Michael Stokes Paulsen and his son Luke provide a clear, accessible introduction to the history and meaning of this historic document. Beginning with the Constitution's birth in 1787, Paulsen and Paulsen offer a grand tour of its history and interpretations, introducing readers to the characters and controversies that have shaped this founding instrument in the 200-plus years since its creation. In order...
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