Constitutional Rights

Fifty-five men met in Philadelphia in 1787 to write a document that would create a country and change a world: the Constitution. Here is a remarkable rendering of that fateful time, told with humanity and humor. Decision in Philadelphia is the best popular history of the Constitutional Convention; in it, the life and times of 18th-century America not only come alive, but the very human qualities of the men who framed the document are brought provocatively into focus - casting many of the Founding Fathers in a new light.

Originally published anonymously, The Federalist Papers first appeared in 1787 as a series of letters to New York newspapers exhorting voters to ratify the proposed Constitution of the United States. Still hotly debated and open to often controversial interpretations, the arguments first presented here by three of America's greatest patriots and political theorists were created during a critical moment in our nation's history.

Former law enforcement officer and homeland security expert Christopher Armitage writes about the origin, history, and current state of policing in America while addressing possible solutions to concerns for police officer safety, public peacekeeping, and the consistent removal of constitutional rights meant to be protected. "Bad Cop, No Donut" looks at policing from its inception to the present day and presents actionable solutions for protecting the peace while reforming a system riddled with corruption and scandal.

Know Your Rights: Police Stops By Haselton Media Group Navigate police encounters with confidence and protect your constitutional freedoms with Know Your Rights: Police Stops. This essential guide empowers you to understand and assert your rights during interactions with law enforcement, especially when stops may violate constitutional protections. Grounded in the U.S. Constitution’s Bill of Rights and Fourteenth Amendment, the book breaks down the Fourth Amendment’s safeguards against unreasonable searches, the Fifth Amendment’s right to remain silent, and the Fourteenth ...

Do you really want the crooked baby-kissers and fake news to tell you what your rights are? Wouldn’t you rather discover them for yourself? The founders fought tirelessly to guarantee these God-given rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. But let’s face it - the Bill of Rights is hard to understand. Its text is flowery and puzzling. It’s full of legal and political jargon.

The president of Princeton, a constitutional scholar, reveals how colleges are getting free speech on campuses right and how they can do better to nurture civil discourse and foster mutual respect Conversations about higher education teem with accusations that American colleges and universities...

So much of the debate about the Second Amendment is in scholarly journals and academic papers written by scholars and judges, or directed towards other scholars, law professors, attorneys, and judges. Trying to wade through the extensive footnotes and references to legal cases and historical precedents known only to the academic elite is more than enough to make anyone feel hopeless.

Want to make sense of the US Constitution? This new edition walks you through this revered document, explaining how the articles and amendments came to be and how they have guided legislators, judges, and presidents - and sparked ongoing debates along the way. You'll get the lowdown on all the big issues - from separation of church and state to impeachment to civil rights - that continue to affect Americans' daily lives. Plus, you'll find out about the different approaches to interpretation and how the document has changed over the past 200+ years.

In Constitutional Law, we discuss the basic rules under the Constitution of the United States. We examine significant clauses within the Constitution and their interpretation over time, landmark Supreme Court cases, and many other topics covered in constitutional law, with numerous examples and analysis.

The framers of the Constitution were very concerned about limiting the power of government and in securing the liberty of citizens. To strike a balance between authority and liberty is the central purpose of American Constitutional Law. To this end, they created three branches of government: legislative, executive, and judicial with separation of powers, and there were checks and balances of each branch against the other. This was to assure the guarantees of individual liberty. The Death of America occurred on November 5, 2024 as the fatal blow will culminate on January 20, 2025 with the ...

An urgent and gripping look at the erosion of voting rights and its implications for democracy, told through the stories of 9 Supreme Court decisions—and the next looming case In The Court v. The Voters, law professor Joshua Douglas takes us behind the scenes of significant cases in voting...

Due Process Defender: The Complete Guide to Constitutional Rights, Due Process, and Pro Se Litigation Do you truly understand your constitutional rights? Every year, millions of Americans face lawsuits, debt collection actions, traffic stops, government investigations, and courtroom proceedings without fully understanding how the legal system actually works. Many lose not because they are wrong, but because they never learned how to navigate the procedural battlefield. Due Process Defender was written to change that. This comprehensive educational guide breaks down complex legal concepts ...

The Bill of Rights and Amendments to the Constitution, the foundation and cornerstone of our democracy, read by Mike Vendetti. A must-listen for every citizen of our Republic and a requirement in Appendix B of Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in history/social studies, science, and technical subjects.

The never-before-told full story of the history-changing break-in at the FBI office in Media, Pennsylvania, by a group of unlikely activists - quiet, ordinary, hardworking Americans - that made clear the shocking truth and confirmed what some had long suspected, that J. Edgar Hoover had created and was operating, in violation of the U.S. Constitution, his own shadow Bureau of Investigation.

You cannot hold leaders accountable for a document you have never read. Most Americans have never read the Constitution. Not because they don't care, but because nobody ever handed them a version they could actually understand. This guide fixes that. The Citizen's Constitution: A Plain-English Reference for Every American takes every article, every amendment, and every foundational clause of the U.S. Constitution and translates it into clear, direct language, without dumbing it down. Every section shows you the original constitutional text, the plain-English translation of what it actually ...

This program is read by the author An innovative account of Abraham Lincoln, constitutional thinker and doer Abraham Lincoln is justly revered for his brilliance, compassion, humor, and rededication of the United States to achieving liberty and justice for all. He led the nation into a bloody...

This audiobook provides legal briefs for the top 100 cases that have formed the foundation of constitutional law in the United States. Each case brief will cover the facts, procedural history, issue, holding, rule, reasoning, disposition, dissents, or concurrences. Constitutional law can be one of the most difficult areas to study in the law. This audiobook will go over some of the most important cases that have shaped constitutional law over the decades.

Family Due Process Defender Understand Your Rights. Strengthen Your Knowledge. Prepare with Confidence. Family Due Process Defender is a comprehensive educational guide designed to help parents, grandparents, caregivers, and family advocates better understand constitutional rights, parental rights, due process, family court procedures, Child Protective Services (CPS), and government accountability. Many families find themselves navigating investigations, hearings, or legal proceedings without fully understanding the processes involved. This book explains these complex topics in clear, ...

What is justice, who defines crime, and how does the American criminal justice system exercise its enormous power? Criminal Justice, Volume I offers a comprehensive introduction to the ideas, laws, institutions, and social forces that shape crime and justice in the United States. Written for students, aspiring criminal justice professionals, and general readers, this volume explains not only how the system operates, but also why it developed as it did—and how power, inequality, constitutional rights, and public opinion influence its decisions. Beginning with the meaning of crime, justice,...

An “assiduously researched” (The Wall Street Journal), “powerful...dispassionate new biography” (The Christian Science Monitor) of Woodrow Wilson, focused on his role in the long national struggle for racial equality and women’s voting rights. More than a century after his death...