Essential Supreme Court decisions
Subtitle: summaries of leading cases in U.S. constitutional law
By: John R. Vile
Edition: Seventeenth edition.
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 603
ISBN-13: 9781538111956; 9781538111963
Subjects: Constitutional law; Digests
Description: The only reference guide to Supreme Court cases organized both topically and chronologically within chapters so that readers understand how cases fit into a historical context, the 17th edition has been updated with 20 new cases, including landmark decisions on such topics as campaign finance, Obamacare, gay marriage, and the First Amendment.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Article I : the legislative branch; title: Article II : the executive branch; title: Articles I and II : distinct, yet overlapping powers; title: Article III : the judicial branch; title: Articles IV and VI : federalism; title: Articles V and VII : constitutional amending process and ratification of the Constitution; title: Property rights; title: The Bill of Rights and its application to the states; title: First Amendment : religious rights; title: First Amendment : political rights; title: Second, Third, and Fourth Amendments; title: Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth Amendments; title: Ninth Amendment : right to privacy, and other unenumerated rights; title: Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments; title: Voting rights.