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Introduction: The Bill of Rights--What Js Jt? Here They Are--The 462 Words | |
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The Bill of Rights and You | |
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Mysterious Things | |
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Nine Things to Remember About the Constitution | |
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The True Story of the Bill of Rights | |
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The 100-Pound Giant | |
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Still Controversial After All These Years | |
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Who Are These Guys? | |
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"Not Very Nice People" | |
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Why December 15 Is Amazing | |
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Where Is the Bill of Rights? | |
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The First Amendment, Part 1--People Worshiping As They Please | |
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What's Going On Here? | |
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How Religious Intolerance Can Be Fatal | |
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The Wall | |
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Classrooms Are Hotter Spots Than You Think | |
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Prayers That Have Led to Court Cases | |
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The Diversity of Spiritual Beliefs in America | |
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Three Resources | |
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The "Monkey Trial" | |
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The "Monkey Teacher" | |
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The Future of Religious Freedom | |
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The First Amendment, Part 2--People Speaking Freely | |
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Powerful Medicine | |
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Some Things You Can Do Under the First Amendment | |
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"Freedom for the Thought We Hate" | |
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Some Things You Can't Do Under this Amendment | |
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Still a Burning Issue | |
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A Word from the Presidents | |
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The First Amendment, Part 3--What Freedom of the Press Means | |
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Can Books Be Dangerous? | |
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Lots of Variety in Censorship | |
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What the Courts Say | |
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What Kids Can Print | |
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Handy Addresses | |
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The First Amendment in Cyberspace | |
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Other Hot Topics | |
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The Exhilaration of Tolerance | |
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The Second Amendment, or People and Guns | |
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In the Eye of the Beholder | |
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Laws Elsewhere | |
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The Gun Control Debate | |
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The National Rifle Association | |
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Various Responses to the Second Amendment | |
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How Have the Courts Helped? | |
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War and Guns | |
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Organizations That Support Gun Control | |
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Women and Guns | |
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The Third Amendment, or Why Soldiers Can't Live in Your House | |
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What Were Soldiers Doing in Houses? | |
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Why This Chapter Is Short | |
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The Third Amendment in Court | |
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The Fourth Amendment, or Searching and Seizing | |
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A Background of Outrage | |
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Diane Doe's Story | |
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New Jersey v. T.L.O. | |
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The Seventh-Grade Football Star | |
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Vomit, National Security, and Other Search-and-Seizure Issues | |
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Searches That James Madison Probably Did Not Foresee | |
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Search and Seizure Elsewhere | |
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An Erosion of Rights? | |
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The Fifth Amendment, or Criminal Justice | |
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"Infamous" Crimes | |
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What Taking the Fifth Really Means | |
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What Kind of Game Is Double Jeopardy? | |
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Being Made Aware of Your Rights | |
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Who Was Miranda? | |
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The Miranda Warning | |
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The Innocent Versus the Guilty | |
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The Sixth Amendment, or More Criminal Justice | |
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"A Speedy and Public Trial" | |
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"An Impartial Jury" | |
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Gerald Gault and Being "Informed of the Accusation" | |
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"Confronting the Witnesses" | |
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"Obtaining Witnesses" | |
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Blockbuster Cases Involving the "Assistance of Counsel" | |
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The Scottsboro Cases | |
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Gideon's Legacy | |
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When Is a Minor Not a Minor? | |
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What Rights Do Kids Have? | |
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More on Justice for Young People | |
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And What About Curfews? | |
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A Shelter for Criminals? | |
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The Seventh Amendment, or Civil Justice | |
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A Twenty-Dollar Value | |
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Life Without a Seventh Amendment | |
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Consider the Alternatives | |
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Types of Civil Trials | |
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Who's Who on the Jury | |
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A Magic Number | |
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The Eighth Amendment, or Punishments | |
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More Information on Student Punishments | |
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"Excessive Bail" | |
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"Excessive Fines" | |
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"Cruel and Unusual Punishments" | |
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Punishments Elsewhere | |
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Information on Human Rights Abuses | |
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The Ultimate Punishment | |
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More on the Ultimate Punishment | |
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The Price of a Death Penalty | |
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Supreme Court Cases That Have Affected Use of the Death Penalty | |
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The Ninth Amendment, or Everything Else | |
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A Most Mysterious Amendment | |
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The Father of the Bill of Rights Responds to the Timid People | |
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Uncharted Waters | |
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The Landmark Ninth Amendment Case | |
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And the Most Controversial Ninth Amendment Case | |
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Supreme Court Decisions Since Roe v. Wade | |
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The Tenth Amendment, or What About the States? | |
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The Oddball Amendment | |
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Federal Versus State Government | |
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There's More? (Yes--Seventeen Other Amendments) | |
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When the Bill of Rights Goes Wrong | |
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Suggestions for Further Reading | |
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Index | |