The United States Constitution : One Document, Many Choices.

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter One Institutional Choices and the Preamble: It's a Real-World Document, Not a Utopian Blueprint -- Chapter Two The Legislative Branch: It's a Congress, Not a Parliament -- Chapter Three The Executive Branch: It's Headed by an Accountable Elected Official, Not a King or a Dictator -- Chapter Four The Judicial Branch: It's a Group of Lawyers, Not Platonic Guardians -- Chapter Five The Nation and the States: The Arrangement Is Federal, Not Confederal or Unitary -- Chapter Six The Constitutional Amending Process: It's Difficult because It's Designed to Preserve the Constitution as Fundam -- Chapter Seven The Bill of Rights and Freedom of Belief and Expression: They Provide for Liberty, Not License -- Chapter Eight The Bill of Rights, the Right to Security, and the Rights of the Accused and the Convicted: They Protect the Gu -- Chapter Nine Equality and the Thirteenth through Fifteenth Amendments: It's an Equality of Opportunity, Not a Guarantee of E -- Postscript: A Time for Reflection -- Glossary -- The Constitution of the United States -- Index.

This book examines the U.S. Constitution by focusing on its origins in Western political thought and its organization and subsequent amendments. It describes the document as a series of choices among alternative governmental institutions that are designed to provide national security and secure ordered liberty.

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