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Dedication
Contents
Introduction: The Bill of Rights—What Is It?
Here They Are—the 462 Words
Chapter 1: The Bill of Rights and You
Mysterious Things
Top Nine Things to Remember About the Constitution
The True Story of the Bill of Rights
The 100-Pound Giant
Still Controversial After All These Years
Who Are These Guys?
“Not Very Nice People”
Why December 15 Is Amazing
Where Is the Bill of Rights?
Chapter 2: The First Amendment, Part 1—People Worshipping as They Please
What’s Going on Here?
How Religious Intolerance Can Be Fatal
The Wall
Classrooms Are Hotter Spots Than You Think
Prayers That Have Led to Court Cases
The Diversity of Spiritual Beliefs in America
Some Resources
The “Monkey Trial”
The “Monkey Teacher”
The Future of Religious Freedom
Chapter 3: The First Amendment, Part 2—People Speaking Freely
Powerful Medicine
Some Things You Can Do Under the First Amendment
“Freedom for the Thought That We Hate”
Some Things You Can’t Do Under This Amendment
Still a Burning Issue
A Word from the Presidents
Chapter 4: The First Amendment, Part 3—What Freedom of the Press Means
Can Books Be Dangerous?
Lots of Variety in Censorship
What the Courts Say
What Kids Can Print
Handy Resources
The First Amendment Online
Other Hot Topics
The Exhilaration of Tolerance
Chapter 5: The Second Amendment, or People and Guns
In the Eye of the Beholder
Laws Elsewhere
The Gun Control Debate
Anti-gun Control Organizations
Pro-gun Control Organizations
Various Responses to the Second Amendment
How Have the Courts Helped?
War and Guns
Kids and Guns
Chapter 6: The Third Amendment, or Why Soldiers Can’t Live in Your House
What Were Soldiers Doing in Houses?
Why This Chapter Is Short
The Third Amendment in Court
Chapter 7: The Fourth Amendment, or Searching and Seizing
A Background of Outrage
Diane Doe’s Story
New Jersey v. T.L.O.
The Seventh-Grade Football Star
Vomit, National Security, and Other Search-and-Seizure Issues
Searches That James Madison Probably Did Not Foresee
An Erosion of Rights?
Search and Seizure Elsewhere
Resources
Chapter 8: The Fifth Amendment, or Criminal Justice
“Infamous” Crimes
What Taking the Fifth Really Means
What Kind of Game Is Double Jeopardy?
Being Made Aware of Your Rights
Who Was Miranda and What Did She Do?
The Miranda Warning
The Innocent versus the Guilty
Chapter 9: The Sixth Amendment, or More Criminal Justice
“A Speedy and Public Trial”
“An Impartial Jury”
Gerald Gault and Being “Informed of the Accusation”
“Confronting the Witnesses”
“Obtaining Witnesses”
Blockbuster Cases Involving the “Assistance of Counsel”
The Scottsboro Cases
Gideon’s Legacy
When Is a Minor Not a Minor?
What Rights Do Kids Have?
More on Justice for Young People
And What About Curfews?
A Shelter for Criminals?
Chapter 10: The Seventh Amendment, or Civil Justice
A Twenty-Dollar Value
Life Without a Seventh Amendment
Consider the Alternatives
Types of Civil Trials
Who’s Who on the Jury
A Magic Number
Chapter 11: The Eighth Amendment, or Punishments
More Information on Student Punishments
“Excessive Bail”
“Excessive Fines”
“Cruel and Unusual Punishments”
Punishments Elsewhere
Information on Human Rights Abuses
The Ultimate Punishment
More on the Ultimate Punishment
The Price of a Death Penalty
Supreme Court Cases That Have Affected Use of the Death Penalty
Chapter 12: The Ninth Amendment, or Everything Else
A Most Mysterious Amendment
The Father of the Bill of Rights Responds to the Timid People
Uncharted Waters
The Landmark Ninth Amendment Case
And the Most Controversial Ninth Amendment Case
Supreme Court Decisions Since Roe v. Wade
Chapter 13: The Tenth Amendment, or What About the States?
The Oddball Amendment
Federal versus State Government
Chapter 14: There’s More? (Yes—Seventeen Other Amendments)
Chapter 15: When the Bill of Rights Goes Wrong
Sources and Suggestions for Further Reading
About the Author
Credits
Copyright
About the Publisher
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