In Our Defense

by Alderman, Ellen

• ISBN13: 9780380717200
• ISBN10: 0380717204
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-02-08
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publications

Summary

We The People The Bill of Rights defines and defends the freedoms we enjoy as Americans -- from the right to bear arms to the right to a civil jury.

Using the dramatic true stories of people whose lives have been deeply affected by such issues as the death penalty and the right to privacy, attorneys Ellen Alderman and Caroline Kennedy reveal how the majestic principles of the Bill of Rights have taken shape in the lives of ordinary people, as well as the historic and legal significance of each amendment. In doing so, they shed brilliant new light on this visionary document, which remains as vital and as controversial today as it was when a great nation was newly born.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	7	(6)
Authors' Note	13	(2)
Historical Note	15	(8)
FIRST AMENDMENT
Freedom of Speech: Missouri Knights of the Ku Klux Klan v. Kansas City	23	(14)
Freedom of the Press: United States v. The Progressive	37	(18)
Freedom of Religion: Lyng v. Northwest Indian Cemetery Protective Association	55	(14)
Freedom of Assembly: Hobson v. Wilson	69	(22)
SECOND AMENDMENT
The Right to Keep and Bear Arms: Quilici v. Morton Grove	91	(16)
THIRD AMENDMENT
Quartering Troops: Engblom v. Carey	107	(8)
FOURTH AMENDMENT
Unreasonable Search and Seizure: McSurely v. McClellan	115	(32)
FIFTH AMENDMENT
Right to a Grand Jury Indictment: Rudy Linares	147	(10)
Double Jeopardy: Green v. United States	157	(10)
Right Against Self-incrimination: Baltimore City Department of Social Services v. Bouknight	167	(14)
Due Process of Law: Fuentes v. Shevin	181	(8)
``Takings'': Poletown Neighborhood Council v. Detroit	189	(20)
SIXTH AMENDMENT
Right to an Impartial Jury: Machetti v. Linahan	209	(14)
Right to Confront: Coy v. Iowa	223	(20)
Right to Compulsory Process: In re Myron Farber	243	(16)
Right to Counsel: United States v. Cronic	259	(14)
SEVENTH AMENDMENT
Right to a Civil Jury: ``Complexity''	273	(12)
EIGHTH AMENDMENT
Cruel and Unusual Punishment: Tison v. Arizona	285	(28)
NINTH AMENDMENT
Rights Retained by the People: Privacy	313	(12)
TENTH AMENDMENT
Powers Reserved to the States: Minimum Wage	325	(12)
Epilogue	337	(4)
Appendix: The Constitution of the United States of America	341	(16)
Endnotes	357	(58)
Bibliography	415	(2)
Index	417