Constitutional Law for a Changing America ─ Rights, Liberties, and Justice

This textbook on US constitutional law emphasizes arguments raised by lawyers and interest groups and the politics surrounding litigation, as well as data on Supreme Court trends. This edition has more discussion of the aftermath of cases and boxes on the laws and legal practices of other countries. It reorganizes material on the First Amendment to highlight the development of the interpretation of the Religious Establishment clause, revises and reorganizes the discussion of discrimination to provide a contemporary perspective on the equal protection clause, and updates chapters to include recent opinions through the 2014 term. Some material from the appendices has been deleted. Annotation c2015 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)