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2nd ed. |
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1 online resource (318 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
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text file |
| Contents |
Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Racial Discrimination: Brown v . Board of Education; Briefs; Legal Defense Fund's Brief (1952); Brief for the State of Kansas (1952); Oral Argument (1952); Briefs; Legal Defense Fund's Brief (1953); Brief for the State of Kansas (1953); Oral Argument (1953); The Opinion; Postscript; 2 Affirmative Action: Regents of University of Calif v . Bakke and Grutter v. Bollinger (co-authored with Jared Mellott); I. Bakke and Its Background; Briefs; University of California Brief; Allan Bakke's Brief. |
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Polish American Congress Amicus BriefNAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund Amicus Brief; Mexican American Legal Defense & Educational Fund Amicus Brief; Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B' rith Amicus Brief; Oral Argument; The Opinion; II. Developments after Bakke; Briefs; Grutter's Brief; University of Michigan' s Brief; United States ' Brief; Brief of Lt. Gen. Julius W. Becton, et al.; Oral Argument; Opinions; 3 Abortion: Roe v . Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey; I. Roe and Its Background; Briefs; Roe' s Brief (1971); Texas's Brief (1971); Oral Argument (1971); Oral Reargument (1972). |
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The Opinion (1973)II. Developments after Roe; Briefs; Planned Parent hood's Brief; Pennsylvania's Brief; Oral Argument; The Opinion; Postscript; 4 Hate Speech and Cross Burning: R.A.V. v . City of St. Paul and Virginia v. Black; I. Background to R.A.V.; Briefs; R.A.V.'s Brief; St. Paul's Brief; Oral Argument; The Opinion; II. Post-R.A.V. Developments; Briefs; Virginia's Brief; Respondent's Brief; Virginia's Reply Brief; Oral Argument; Opinions; 5 Campaign Finance Regulation and Freedom of Speech: McConnell v. Federal Election Commission; Briefs; Senator McConnell's Brief. |
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Brief for the Federal Election CommissionOral Argument; The Opinion; 6 Peyote Use and Religious Freedom: Employment Div., Dept. of Human Resources of Oregon v. Smith (co-authored with Jared Mellott); Briefs; Oregon's Brief; Smith's Brief; Oral Argument; The Opinion; Postscript; Index; About the Author. |
| Summary |
Taking into account the political and intellectual forces that shape Supreme Court decisions, Constitutional Debate in Action examines how and why the United States Constitution continues to grow and adapt to human wants, passions, and values. Not your traditional constitutional-law textbook, this three volume set views the Constitution as an institutionalized form of debate by which people press their political demands and arguments upon the Supreme Court. Each volume examines in depth five landmark decisions. Governmental Powers covers: The Power of Judicial Review, The Commerce Power, The W. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Civil rights -- United States -- Cases.
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Civil rights. |
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United States. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Trials, litigation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Pohlman, H.L. Constitutional Debate in Action : Civil Rights and Liberties. Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, ©2005 9780742536678 |
| ISBN |
9780742574946 (electronic book) |
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0742574946 (electronic book) |
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