Includes bibliographical references (pages 456-515) and index.
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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