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The Constitution, that delicate balance /

Friendly, Fred W.

The Constitution, that delicate balance / Fred W. Friendly, Martha J.H. Elliott. - first edition - xii, 339 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. [317]-327.

Barron's Wharf: First test of the Bill of Rights --
Seventeen Words: Quiet revolution of the Fourteenth Amendment --
Minnesota Rag: Newspaper that gave new meaning th Freedom of the Press --
Myth about the Bay of Pigs: Freedom of the press and National Security --
Protecting "The thought that we hate": Freedom of speech and the Right of Peaceable Assembly --
Does money talk?: Elections, contributions, and speech --
God and the classroom: Free exercise of religion vs establishment of religion --
Knock at the door: How the supreme Court created a rule to enforce the Fourth Amendment --
Crime and its aftershock: Fair trial vs free press --
Willie Francis' two trips to the chair: Punishment and the death penalty --
Defense of last resort: Insanity plea --
Umpiring "harmless, empty shadows": Right of privacy --
Bakke and the equal protection clause: Affirmative action vs reverse discrimination --
"Give me your tired, your poor ... ": Does the Fourteenth Amendment protect illegal aliens? --
Nation of states: States' rights vs national supremacy --
Sacking of Greytown: Power to make war --
Constitution of the United States.

"Landmark cases that shaped the Constitution."--Jacket subtitle. Includes the full text of the Constitution

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United States. Supreme Court.


Constitutional law--United States.

342.73 347.302 / F.F.C.