Citations with the tag: UNITED States. Constitution

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• We the People.
   // Scholastic News -- Edition 5/6; 9/11/2006, Vol. 75 Issue 2, p8 

  A quiz concerning the U.S. Constitution is presented.

• Constitution Day Is Coming!
   // Scholastic News -- Edition 3; 9/14/2009, Vol. 66 Issue 2, p3 

  The article celebrates the 222nd anniversary of the U.S. Constitution.

• Law of the Land.
   // Weekly Reader - Edition 2; Sep2010, Vol. 80, Special section p2 

  The article chronicles the history of the writing of the U.S. Constitution.

• We the People.
   // Weekly Reader - Edition 2; Aug/Sep2011, Vol. 81, Special section p2 

  The article provides information on the U.S. Constitution, which includes its purpose, where it was written and who wrote it.

• Celebrate Constitution Week!
   // Weekly Reader News - Edition 3; 9/15/2006, Vol. 76 Issue 2, p2 

  A quiz on the U.S. Constitution is presented.

• Constitutional blues.
  Crouch, Stanley // Across the Board; Mar1996, Vol. 33 Issue 3, p12 

  Focuses on the United States Constitution. Analogy with the blues type of music.

• The Bill of Rights: Keeping Americans free.
  Peterson, R.W. // Boys' Life; Jan1991, Vol. 81 Issue 1, p10 

  Part I. Presents the first ten amendments to the Constitution, known as the Bill of Rights, and a brief history of how it came to be. Some of the language is not very clear, therefore, over the past two centuries the United States Supreme Court has had to rule many times on what the Bill of...

• Freedom of religion.
  Peterson, R.W. // Boys' Life; Feb1991, Vol. 81 Issue 2, p10 

  Part II. Examines the First Amendment of the Bill of Rights that protects citizens' rights of religion. Other areas this amendment covers; Various court rulings on the First Amendment.

• Freedom of the press.
  Peterson, R.W. // Boys' Life; Apr91, Vol. 81 Issue 4, p22 

  Part IV. Examines the Freedom of the Press clause that is contained in The Bill of Rights. The purpose of the clause; How the Supreme Court has ruled in favor of freedom of the press; How it affects you.

• The Bill of Rights: Lodging of soldiers restricted.
  Peterson, R.W. // Boys' Life; Jul91, Vol. 81 Issue 7, p30 

  Examines the Third Amendment to the United States Constitution which forbids the government from forcing homeowners to lodge soldiers. When homeowners were forced to lodge soldiers; Why this issue was instilled within the Declaration of Independence.

• The Bill of Rights: Your rights in court.
  Peterson, R.W. // Boys' Life; Oct91, Vol. 81 Issue 10, p16 

  Focuses on the sixth and seventh amendments to the United States Constitution. The sixth protects your rights in court; The seventh provides for a trial by jury in civil cases; Conflicts between the sixth and first amendments.

• The Bill of Rights: Cruel punishments banned.
  Peterson, R.W. // Boys' Life; Nov91, Vol. 81 Issue 11, p32 

  Focuses on the Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution that protects citizens from cruel punishment. The three points covered by the amendment; The death penalty; Two cases that involved the death penalty.

• The Bill of Rights: Federal powers limited.
  Peterson, R.W. // Boys' Life; Dec91, Vol. 81 Issue 12, p50 

  Focuses on the ninth and tenth amendments to the United States Bill of Rights. These two amendments show that the Founding Fathers wanted to limit the powers of the Federal government; What they say.

• Original intent: Bittker v. Berger.
  Berger, Raoul // Brigham Young University Law Review; 1991, Vol. 1991 Issue 3, p1201 

  Criticizes the reliance on the Constitution, focusing mainly on the records of the Federal Convention, `The Federalist,' and the records of the Ratifying Conventions in the United States. Criticism made by Professor Boris Bittker; Reference to the Fourteenth Amendment; Information on the...

• Reflections on constitutional interpretation.
  Berger, Raoul // Brigham Young University Law Review; 1997, Vol. 1997 Issue 3, p517 

  Presents information on the American Constitution. Circumstances surrounding the formation of the Constitution; Role of the judiciary in the interpretation of the Constitution; Chief Justice Marshall's contention that intention is the most sacred rule of interpretation; Information on the...

• Structure of the Federal Judiciary.
  Berger, Raoul // Congressional Digest; May82, Vol. 61 Issue 5, p132 

  Discusses the structure of the federal judiciary formed by the U.S. Constitution. Judicial power of the U.S.; Provisions under the Eleventh Amendment; Provisions of the Fourteenth Amendment included in legislation pertaining to court authority.

• The Presidential Veto.
  Berger, Raoul // Congressional Digest; Jun/Jul90, Vol. 69 Issue 6/7, p166 

  Presents Article 1, Section 7 of the Constitution of the United States, which grants veto power to the President, and lists the veto record of United States Presidents, 1969-1988.

• Why blacks, women & Jews are not mentioned.
  Berger, Raoul // Commentary; May87, Vol. 83 Issue 5, p28 

  Some well-meaning citizens have denounced celebrating the bicentennial of the Constitution written in 1787, contending that by lacking Amendments which were later added, the original Constitution permitted slavery, did not serve the right of women to vote, and provided no protection for...

• Our Bill of Rights.
  Berger, Raoul // Cobblestone; Sep91, Vol. 12 Issue 9, p4 

  Describes the important freedoms enjoyed by the citizens of the United States according to the author, Warren E. Burger, Chief Justice of the United States (ret.) and Chairman, Commission on the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution. Brief history of the Bill of Rights; Responsibilities...

• The road to rights.
  Blohm, C.E. // Cobblestone; Sep91, Vol. 12 Issue 9, p6 

  Recounts events leading up to a bill of rights in the US Constitution. Early recognition of individuals' rights; England's Magna Carta; Efforts of Sir Edward Coke to introduce individual rights in England in the 1600s; Colonists' ties to English governmental style; Conflicts between English...

• Toward a freer student press.
  Kopenhaver, Lillian Lodge // Education Week; 1/12/94, Vol. 13 Issue 16, p68 

  Explains the First Amendment of the United States Constitution and its relevance to a free student press. `Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier' case as example to curtailed student expression by the Supreme Court ruling; National survey of principals and advisers as after effect of Hazelwood...

• Private property and public office.
  Rabkin, Jeremy // Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy; Winter90, Vol. 13 Issue 1, p54 

  Discusses the American notion of private property and public office. Constitution's notion of property; Constitution's objection to titles of nobility; Degradation of public office and public authority by allowing it to be exercised by private persons; Case of the independent counsel.

• An Exchange on Abortion.
  Schlueter, Nathan; Bork, Robert H. // Human Life Review; Winter2003, Vol. 29 Issue 1, p17 

  Discusses the U.S. Constitution's interpretation of the issue of abortion. Pro-life advocates' consistent misinterpretation of the Constitution; Arguments of restoration advocates; Deceptive argument that the ontological status of the unborn child is open to doubt.

• The Constitution.
  Cannon, Mark W. // National Forum; Spring90, Vol. 70 Issue 2, p40 

  Focuses on the bicentennial commemoration of the American Constitution. Phi Kappa Phi's special issue of its `National Forum' titled `Toward the Bicentennial of the Constitution'; Effect of bicentennial experience on volunteer leaders; Lessons learned from the voluntary initiatives that...

• Why celebrate the Constitution?
  Cannon, Mark W. // National Forum; Fall96, Vol. 76 Issue 4, p34 

  Reprints the article written by Mark W. Cannon published in the Fall 1984 issue of the `Forum' which commemorates the 200th year of the American Constitution.

• High court bars pretrial RICO seizure of books.
  Fields, H. // Publishers Weekly; 3/10/89, Vol. 235 Issue 10, p19 

  Reports that the Supreme Court has upheld safeguards against pretrial seizure of materials protected by the First Amendment; Obscenity conviction; Indiana's RICO (racketeer-influenced and corrupt organizations) laws.

• Supreme Court declines 11th Amendment case.
  Fields, H. // Publishers Weekly; 3/10/89, Vol. 235 Issue 10, p19 

  Discusses the implications for the publishing industry after the Supreme Court declined to review a copyright infringement case.

• How 200 words created our framework for...
  Osborne, T. // Scholastic Update; 9/4/87, Vol. 120 Issue 1, p19 

  What's the most important part of the Constitution? Without Article I, Section 8 lays the basic ground for economic life in the US granting Congress a role in commerce, taxes encouraging innovation. How this Article affects our economic system.

• Today's debates: From drug testing to...
  Kravitz, L. // Scholastic Update; 9/4/87, Vol. 120 Issue 1, p12 

  In each generation the Constitution is tested by new issues. Today's key Constitutional debates, such as forced drug testing, executive power & checks & balances. Balancing the budget and the rights of criminal suspects are examined. INSET: Will a new justice tip the Court's delicate balance? ...

• What's your Constitutional IQ?
  Kravitz, L. // Scholastic Update; 9/4/87, Vol. 120 Issue 1, p7 

  A questionnaire to find out what you know about the constitution, then compare your answers to the results of national polls. Answers, p. 21.

• Imagining a Constitutionless past.
  Foote, T. // Smithsonian; Jun88, Vol. 19 Issue 3, p132 

  Speculates on what our country would be like today if, back in 1788, we had not ratified Mr. Madison's Constitution. Questions of whether the Union would have survived with a weaker federal government; Whether the Louisiana Purchase would have taken place and many other stimulating `what if'...

• Our beloved Constitution.
  Foote, T. // State Legislatures; Jan98, Vol. 24 Issue 1, p11 

  Focuses on a survey showing Americans' superficial love for the United States Constitution. Difficulty in naming a single First Amendment; Sample of weird guesses in response to the survey questions.

• Abolish the Fifth Amendment.
  Kaus, M. // Washington Monthly; Feb89, Vol. 21 Issue 1, p69 

  Describes how the Fifth Amendment protects only the guilty. (This article first appeared in 1980.)

• Freedom to shape, not to control.
  Wall, J.M. // Christian Century; 3/5/86, Vol. 103 Issue 8, p227 

  Discusses the bicentennial of the United States Constitution and the various meanings of the word `freedom' inherent within it.

• The Constitution and the congregation: Time to celebrate.
  Marty, M.E. // Christian Century; 6/3/87 - 6/10/87, Vol. 104 Issue 18, p523 

  Examines the various reasons why religious congregations should celebrate the bicentennial of the US Constitution, including the American attainment of freedom and the mingling of religious law and the state. Books to read concerning the traditions of the Constitution.

• Neutrality and religious freedom.
  Marty, M.E. // Christian Century; 7/1/87 - 7/8/87, Vol. 104 Issue 20, p580 

  Examines the reasons why the bicentennial anniversary of the US Constitution and the Northwest Ordinance should be celebrated by religious congregations. Religious liberty; Northwest Ordinance of 1787.

• Appendix II: THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.
  Frohnmayer, John // Out of Tune: Listening to the First Amendment; 1995, p87 

  Presents the text of the U.S. Constitution.

• INDEX.
  Frohnmayer, John // Out of Tune: Listening to the First Amendment; 1995, p133 

  Presents a subject index related to the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

• NEWS IQ.
  Frohnmayer, John // Scholastic News -- Edition 4; 9/12/2011, Vol. 74 Issue 2, p8 

  A quiz is presented relating to articles published within the issue, including wildfires and the U.S. Constitution.

• The Constitution of the United States.
  Frohnmayer, John // United States Government Manual; 2002/2003, p5 

  Presents the text of the Constitution of the U.S.

• Origin of the Constitution.
  Frohnmayer, John // World Almanac & Book of Facts; 2000, p538 

  No abstract available.

• Constitution of the United States.
  Frohnmayer, John // World Almanac & Book of Facts; 2000, p539 

  No abstract available.

• The region.
  Cardozo, Benjamin // Region (10453369); Mar95, Vol. 9 Issue 1, p2 

  Presents a quotation on the foundation of the United States Constitution by Benjamin Cardozo.

• Legislation.
  Cardozo, Benjamin // Reporter; Dec91, Vol. 18 Issue 4, p24 

  Discusses the United States Constitution. Political importance of the Constitution; Stipulation of the Constitution regarding American states; Details on redistricting in the United States.

• PRIMARY SOURCES.
  Cardozo, Benjamin // Current Events; 9/21/2009, Vol. 109 Issue 3, p6 

  A quiz concerning the U.S. Constitution is presented.

• Why we must put up with porn.
  Isaacs, Susan // Redbook; Aug93, Vol. 181 Issue 4, p46 

  Opinion. Opposes censorship as a violation of the First Amendment. Disapproval of pornography as a reason for censorship; Absence of correlation between pornography and violence; Rights given by the First Amendment; Controversial material as open to several interpretations; Censorship as first...

• Americans are grossly ignorant of U.S. Constitution.
  Williams, Walter E. // Human Events; 01/23/98, Vol. 54 Issue 3, p15 

  Comments on the results of a survey conducted by the National Constitutional Center which revealed American's gross ignorance of the Constitution. Strange beliefs uncovered; Explanation for the ignorance based on social psychology.

• Wishful thinking.
  P.R.; McManus, Reed // Sierra; Jan/Feb94, Vol. 79 Issue 1, p39 

  Argues that Wise Use cowboys are trying to rewrite the Constitution. The passing of so-called `custom and culture' ordinances by about 50 counties, mostly in the West, promising exemption from Endangered Species Act, Clean Water Act and other land-use laws; The `County Movement' as the...

• Electoral headaches.
  Weisberger, Bernard A. // American Heritage; Nov92, Vol. 43 Issue 7, p22 

  No abstract available.

• The Standing of the United States: How Criminal Prosecutions Show That Standing Doctrine Is...
  Hartnett, Edward A. // Michigan Law Review; Jun99, Vol. 97 Issue 7, p2239 

  Discusses the standing doctrine in the Article III of the United States Constitution. Requirements of Article III according to the argument of the Supreme Court; Details on the criminal cases and the nonsense of requiring injury in fact under Article III; Information on the meaning of Articles...

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