Title:
Bills, quills, and stills : an annotated, illustrated, and illuminated history of the Bill of Rights / by Robert J. McWhirter.
Author:
McWhirter, Robert James, 1961- author.
Publication Information:
Chicago, IL : American Bar Association, 2015.
Call Number:
KF4750 .M39 2015
ISBN:
9781604420975
9781614383802
Physical Description:
xv, 543 pages : colored illustrations ; 26 cm
General Note:
Includes index.
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Contents:
Of dogma and desire : saying what you believe about the First Amendment -- Shooting your mouth off about the Second Amendment -- The Third Amendment : don't count it out yet! -- Molasses and the sticky origins of the Fourth Amendment -- From testicles to dragnet : how the Fifth Amendment protects all of us -- How the Sixth Amendment guarantees you a court, a lawyer, and a chamber pot -- Trial by jury or . . . by God! -- "Baby, don't be cruel" : what's so cruel and unusual about the Eighth Amendment? -- The Ninth Amendment : still a mystery after all these years -- "Are you talkin' to me?" : just who are those "people" in the Tenth amendment?
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