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020 _a9781440832338
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_qalk. paper)
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035 _a(OCoLC)881399705
_z(OCoLC)1059170223
037 _bGreenwood Pub Group, C/O ABC Clio Po Box 1911, Santa Barbara, CA, USA, 93116
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050 0 0 _aKF4749
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082 0 0 _a342.7308/5
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100 1 _aGoidel, Robert K.,
_d1967-
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aMisreading the bill of rights :
_btop ten myths concerning your rights and liberties /
_cKirby Goidel, Craig Freeman, and Brian Smentkowski.
264 1 _aSanta Barbara, California :
_bPraeger,
_c[2015]
300 _axxi, 243 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c25 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 217-230) and index.
505 0 _aThe Bill of Rights and the myth of individual freedom -- Equally and for everyone? Protecting citizens against the federal government -- The myth of unlimited free speech: Limited Freedom of expression the American way -- The myth of a free and independent press -- The myth of a Christian nation -- The establishment clause: Misreading or myth? -- The right to bear arms and the myth of gun ownership: Guarding against tyranny, not your neighbor -- Procedural due process and the myth of constitutional loopholes as criminal protection -- The right to privacy and the myth of government surveillance: Why we believe in privacy but let government into our homes -- 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.
520 _a"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"--
_cProvided by publisher.
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_tConstitution.
_n1st-10th Amendments.
630 0 7 _aConstitution (United States)
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_0(OCoLC)fst01356075
650 0 _aCivil rights
_zUnited States.
650 7 _aPOLITICAL SCIENCE
_xConstitutions.
_2bisacsh
650 7 _aPOLITICAL SCIENCE
_xPolitical Freedom & Security
_xCivil Rights.
_2bisacsh
650 7 _aCivil rights.
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_0(OCoLC)fst00862627
651 7 _aUnited States.
_2fast
_0(OCoLC)fst01204155
700 1 _aFreeman, Craig,
_eauthor.
700 1 _aSmentkowski, Brian,
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