Civil Rights and Liberties: Cases and Readings in Constitutional Law and American Democracy

Based on the well-received 2011 publication Constitutional Law and American Democracy, this concise work focuses on the elucidation and protection of rights and liberties under the U.S. Constitution. A new approach to constitutional law that ties cases to the most salient and controversial debates in our polity today, this volume, like its parent volume, Constitutional Law and American Democracy, presents a wide selection of carefully selected readings and cases that create a compelling, nuanced view of current key political and constitutional issues and interpretive approaches and problems through engaging topics of especially high interest to students.