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Author Goidel, Robert K., 1967- author.

Title Misreading the bill of rights : top ten myths concerning your rights and liberties / Kirby Goidel, Craig Freeman, and Brian Smentkowski
Published Santa Barbara, California : Praeger, 2015

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Contents Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Individual Freedoms, the Myths That Define Us, and American Public Opinion; 1. The Bill of Rights and the Myth of Individual Freedom; 2. Equally and for Everyone? Protecting Citizens Against the Federal Government; 3. The Myth of Unlimited Free Speech: Limited Freedom of Expression the American Way; 4. The Myth of a Free and Independent Press; 5. The Myth of a Christian Nation; 6. The Establishment Clause: Misreading or Myth?
7. The Right to Bear Arms and the Myth of Gun Ownership: Guarding Against Tyranny, Not Your Neighbor8. Procedural Due Process and the Myth of Constitutional Loopholes as Criminal Protection; 9. The Right to Privacy and the Myth of Government Surveillance: Why We Believe in Privacy but Let Government into Our Homes; 10. Protections Against Cruel and Unusual Punishment and the Myth That Killing Isn't Cruel (or Unusual); Conclusion: Bringing the Frog of Citizenship to a Slow Boil; Appendix: The Bill of Rights; List of Cases Cited; Bibliography; Index; About the Authors
Summary "The Bill of Rights--the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution--are widely misunderstood by many Americans. This book explores the widely held myths about the Bill of Rights, how these myths originated, why they have persisted, and the implications for contemporary politics and policy"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject United States. Constitution. 1st-10th Amendments.
SUBJECT Constitution (United States) fast
Subject Civil rights -- United States.
Politics & government.
LAW -- Constitutional.
LAW -- Public.
Civil rights
United States
Genre/Form dissertations.
Academic theses
Academic theses.
Thèses et écrits académiques.
Form Electronic book
Author Freeman, Craig, author.
Smentkowski, Brian, author.
ISBN 9781440832345
144083234X
9781440832338
1440832331
9798216118220
9781336203426
1336203420