The Bill of Rights Primer: A Citizen's Guidebook to the American Bill of Rights

About this book

Preface: Development of the concept of political freedom in England and the American colonies

Creation and reconstruction: an overview

Creation:

First things first

Our first amendment

Second and third amendments (the military amendments)

Fourth amendment (searches, seizures, and fifth amendment takings)

Fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth amendments (the jury amendments)

Ninth and tenth amendments (the popular-sovereignty amendments)

Bill of rights as a constitution

Reconstruction:

Antebellum ideas

Fourteenth amendment

Incorporation process

Reconstruction rights

New birth of freedom

Appendix: Constitution of the United States

Amendments I-X and XIV

Biographical profiles of notable figures quoted or featured in the text

Notes

Glossary

Index.