Displaying the top 100 results that match your query. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/rssapi.jsp?Re=3295&N=3+5082+4294956305 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1624184 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1114577 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1170382 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=941804 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=756172 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=747343 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=729838 While the government claims to be a representative republic, somehow hot-button topics from gay marriage to the allocation of Floridas presidential electors always seem to be decided by unelected judges. What gives them the right to decide such issues? The judges say its the Constitution. Author and law professor Kevin Gutzman shows that there is very little relationship between the Constitution ratified by the thirteen states more than two centuries ago and the constitutional law imposed upon us since then. Instead of the intended system of state-level decision makers and elected officials, judges have given us a centralized system in which bureaucrats and appointed officials make most of the important policies. The Constitution guarantees our rights and freedoms, but activist judges are threatening those very rights because of the Supreme Courts willingness to substitute its own opinions for the perfectly constitutional laws enacted by we, the people through our elected representatives. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=595451 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=635468 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=651649 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=619739 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=695376 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=619211 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=539264 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=593899 This book, based on the Tanner Lectures on Human Values that Justice Stephen Breyer delivered at Harvard University in November 2004, defines the term active liberty as a sharing of the nations sovereign authority with its citizens. Regarding the Constitution as a guide for the application of basic American principles to a living and changing society rather than as an arsenal of rigid legal means for binding and restricting it, Justice Breyer argues that the genius of the Constitution rests not in any static meaning it might have had in a world that is dead and gone, but in the adaptability of its great principles to cope with current problems. Giving us examples of this approach in the areas of free speech, federalism, privacy, affirmative action, statutory interpretation, and administrative law, Justice Breyer states that courts should take greater account of the Constitutions democratic nature when they interpret constitutional and statutory texts.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=613167 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=583945 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=470246 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=554022 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=350785 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=317035 A compelling introduction to the greatest cases in U.S. constitutional law, this is also an enlightening glimpse of the state of the art in American legal scholarship. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=363382 This new 6-vol. revision of the 1987 Dartmouth Medal winner includes all of the material from the original 4-vol. set and 1992 Supplement, as well as updated original articles and completely new articles covering recent concepts and court cases since 1992. New material is alphabetically integrated throughout the set. Appendices include a case index and primary documents. Among the new articles in this edition are adoption, race, and the Constitution; birthright citizenship; Clinton v. Jones; disability discrimination; hate crimes; modern militias; Violence Against Women Act; and more. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=339528 People are fed up with politics in this country and with good reason. Under our Constitution, we are supposed to be able to throw out elected officials who care more about contributors and lobbyists than the citizens they represent. Yet incumbents are able to raise so much campaign money it is almost impossible to defeat them. The American people appear to have nowhere to turn. The politicians who benefit from the system have the power to change it, but they will not do anything that makes elections more competitive and fair. Not surprisingly, people have become deeply cynical about politics and government. Many cant name their elected officials, dont understand the issues, and dont vote. But the Constitution provides its own solution. A little-known section -- no more than a few words in Article V -- authorizes the calling of a constitutional convention. Americans must hold such a convention, the first since 1787, to change the Constitution. In this compelling and thoroughly researched book, Professor Richard Labunski convincingly argues that a second convention is necessary and explains how to use the Internet to organize it. Never before have so many people been able to communicate with so many others so quickly. By using Web sites, e-mail, chat rooms and newsgroups, citizens will be able to find others around the country who want to participate in this effort. Among the most controversial sections of the book are the 10 amendments Labunski offers for a convention to consider. His proposals include a campaign finance reform amendment to reduce the influence of money on politics; an amendment to protect the rights of victims of crime; an equal rights amendment; congressional term limits; and direct election of the president. Labunski also explains why a convention should repeal the Second Amendment, which many people believe gives them the constitutional right to own guns. Some will say the idea of a second convention is naive and dangerous. Even those who support reform may worry about what a convention might do. But Labunski answers those concerns by arguing that the Constitution belongs to the American people, and they are entitled to use the process that the Constitution provides to reclaim their government. Book jacket.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=288167 Containing more than 130 edited Supreme Court cases and commenting on over 1,000 more, this best-selling, all inclusive casebook details how the Supreme Court interprets the Constitution, and follows the growth and change in U.S. laws over periods of time. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=367347 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=286102 Written specifically for students and general readers, this resource provides accessible discussions of 74 landmark Supreme Court cases that will help students understand the cases and their importance in American history. Cases selected are those in which the Supreme Courts decisions have had a profound impact on society and the future and a meaning that transcends the impact on the immediate parties.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=267906 The Supreme Court has been the site of the great debates of American history, from child labor and prayer in the schools, to busing and abortion. The Oxford Guide to United States Supreme Court Decisions offers lively and insightful accounts of over four hundred of the most important cases ever argued before the Court, from Marbury v. Madison and Scott v. Sandford (the Dred Scott decision) to Brown v. Board of Education and Roe v. Wade. Arranged alphabetically, each entry provides an up-to-date official citation, the date the case was argued and decided, the vote of the Justices, who wrote the opinion for the Court, who concurred, and who dissented. More importantly, the entries feature an informative account of the particulars of the case, the legal and social background, the reasoning behind the Courts decision, and the cases impact on American society.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=283149 The Constitutional Rights Sourcebook offers nearly 175 Supreme Court cases carefully selected and arranged in chapters focusing on individual amendments to the U.S. Constitution. Setting it apart from other volumes on constitutional rights, the Sourcebook includes these features: a thorough introduction that explains how constitutional law and the courts work and reviews the history of the Constitution and the Supreme Court; coverage of recent cases spotlighting issues that receive intense media attention: affirmative action, drug testing, physician-assisted suicide, capital punishment, parental rights, hate crimes, and more; a rich cross-referencing structure that connects related entries within a given chapter as well as throughout the entire work, aiding readers who want to delve into all related facets of a case or concept; a significance section in case discussion entry that ties in historical background and other related cases; and a chapter devoted to defining and discussing terms related to constitutional law.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=294654 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=352255 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=312452 A dictionary of terms and concepts related to the U.S. Constitution and the Supreme Court decisions which have interpreted it. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=286256 This is the most comprehensive and readable one-volume reference book in print, accessible to lay readers and specialists alike, on the meaning of the American Constitution as the Supreme Court has interpreted it. It is an indispensable tool for students and lay persons who want to understand todays constitutional controversies and their background in our history. It is equally useful to lawyers and other specialists who seek quick reviews of constitutional issues with immediate reference to cases for further research. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=300146 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=89225 Nat Hentoff is one of Americas foremost and most passionate writers about civil liberties and civil rights. In Living the Bill of Rights, he has taken what is too often thought of as an abstract issue and enlivened it by focusing on representative individuals for whom the Constitution is a vital part of life. Hentoff covers the full range of American life in these inspiring and moving profiles and stories and portrays such fighters for the Bill of Rights as a high school senior in Tennessee who is a born-again Christian; a black Texas lawyer fired by the local NAACP for representing a Klan wizard on constitutional grounds; Justice William Brennan himself; another Supreme Court justice, William O. Douglas, the preeminent supporter of the individual against the government; and a professional basketball star who, for religious reasons, would not participate in a display of mass loyalty to the American flag. In Living the Bill of Rights, Hentoff illuminates the basic necessity - and fragility - of our rights and liberties.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=279986 For many Americans, the word constitution means just one thing: the national Constitution. According to a recent survey, almost half do not know that individual states also have constitutions. G. Alan Tarr seeks to change that in this landmark book. A leading authority on state legal issues, he combines history, law, and political science to present a thorough and long-needed account of the distinct and important role of state constitutions in American life.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=236013 Making Constitutional Law: Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court, 1961-1991 focuses on the second half of a brilliant and unique career. When tapped by LBJ in 1967 to ascend to the High Court, the seasoned Marshall - as the first African-American Justice - brought desegregation to the bench in word, thought, and deed. But as Mark V. Tushnet illustrates in this book, Marshall, a Great Society liberal, brought many other progressive concepts and convictions. This book, the first to fully utilize the papers of Justices Marshall and William J. Brennan, describes Marshalls approach to constitutional law in areas ranging from civil rights and the death penalty to abortion and affirmative action. Tushnet, who served as a law clerk for Marshall in the early 197Os, gives ample attention to the Courts operations during Marshalls tenure, the relations among the judges, and the particular roles played by Chief Justice Warren Burger, Justice Brennan, and Justice Antonin Scalia. Making Constitutional Law aptly locates the Supreme Court of Marshalls tenure within its rich political and historical contexts, showing how the nations drift toward conservatism affected the Courts debates and decisions, and how Marshalls ardent liberalism became increasingly isolated. Making Constitutional Law will appeal to students of law, history, politics, and recent American culture.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=285240 Originally published as The Conservative Constitution, this important book has been revised and substantially expanded, with a new introduction by Russell Hittinger. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=71785 Despite the outpouring of works on constitutional theory in the past several decades, no general introduction to the field has been available. Stephen Griffin provides here an original contribution to American constitutional theory in the form of a short, lucid introduction to the subject for scholars and an informed lay audience. He surveys in an unpolemical way the theoretical issues raised by judicial practice in the United States over the past three centuries, particularly since the Warren Court, and locates both theory and practices that have inspired dispute among jurists and scholars in historical context. At the same time he advances an argument about the distinctive nature of American constitutionalism, regarding it as an instance of the interpenetration of law and politics. American Constitutionalism is unique in considering the perspectives of both law and political science in relation to constitutional theory.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=123470 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=178657 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=113302 The Constitution of the United States affects the daily life of every American in powerful and often unrecognized ways. Yet ever since the Constitutions adoption in 1787, its meaning - the way it is applied in actual cases - has been hotly debated. For more than two hundred years, the Supreme Court of the United States has been responsible for interpreting and defining the Constitutions meaning. In It Is So Ordered, Retired Chief Justice Warren E. Burger, who led the Supreme Court during his seventeen-year tenure, examines fourteen of the pivotal cases and historical events that defined the Constitutions real-life application. With this series of richly crafted stories, Chief Justice Burger explains how our nations charter evolved. Here are the triumphs and tragedies of American constitutional law. In Gibbons v. Ogden (1824) the Court assured that states could not burden interstate commerce, paving the way for phenomenal commercial growth in America. In Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857), the Court ruled against the freedom of a slave and set the stage for the horrors of the Civil War. In Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), the Court endorsed the nightmare of state-sponsored segregation of the freed slaves. Taken together, the great cases Chief Justice Burger has chosen to explore have laid the foundation for the most successful political and economic system in history. Nevertheless, they remind us that democracy, with its often inconvenient checks and balances, is not always neat and orderly. Instead, Chief Justice Burger believes democracy is people - men and women with all their virtues and flaws - working together to produce ordered liberty. Throughout It Is So Ordered, Chief Justice Burger brings alive the historical figures who helped shape the United States - Thomas Jefferson, Aaron Burr, and Harry Truman, among many others. And he brings to light forgotten heroes like Chief Justice John Marshall, who as the fourth Chief Justice gave the unproven judicial branch the power and wisdom it needed to survive, particularly in the seminal case of Marbury v. Madison. Indeed, we learn that the great stroke in Marbury had its intellectual origins in the Courts 1796 decision in Ware v. Hylton, argued (unsuccessfully) by none other than John Marshall himself. The history of many of the difficult and controversial issues we ask our Constitution to address today is reflected in It Is So Ordered. A uniquely authoritative view of our nations most vital document, it is a work of compelling interest to citizens, pundits, and politicians alike.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=118064 A detailed index to the provisions of the Constitution, plus texts of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence are provided, as well as a glossary of terms that helps clarify the terminology used in the Constitution. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=46893 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=42547 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=23935 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=128045 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=23936 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=23932 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=17139 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=80688 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=221703 Hadley Arkes argues that it is necessary to move beyond the Constitution to the principles that stood antecedent to the text if we are to understand the text and apply the Constitution to the cases that arise every day in our law Book jacket.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=136397 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=684334 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=28451 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=16882 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=35807 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=167561 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=81718 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=549741 Presents the text of the Constitution, explains its fundamentals, and traces events leading up to its adoption in 1788. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=61289 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=219646 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=219649 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=37270 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=78466