TY - BOOK AU - Friendly,Fred W. AU - Elliott,Martha J.H. TI - The Constitution, that delicate balance SN - 0394540743 (hbk.) : AV - KF 4550 F911c 1984 U1 - 342.73 PY - 1984/// CY - New York PB - Random House KW - United States KW - Supreme Court KW - Estados Unidos KW - Corte Suprema KW - Estados Unidos. KW - Tribunal Supremo Constitucional KW - Constitutional law KW - Derecho constitucional N1 - Includes index; Bibliography: p. [317]-327; Barron's Wharf: First test of the Bill of Rights Seventeen Words: Quiet revolution of the Fourteenth Amendment Minnesota Rag: Newspaper that gave new meaning to Freedom of the Press Myth about the Bay of Pigs: Freedom of the press and National Security Protecting "The thought that we hate": Freedom of speech and the Right of Peaceable Assembly Does money talk?: Elections, contributions, and speech God and the classroom: Free exercise of religion vs establishment of religion Knock at the door: How the supreme Court created a rule to enforce the Fourth Amendment Crime and its aftershock: Fair trial vs free press Willie Francis' two trips to the chair: Punishment and the death penalty Defense of last resort: Insanity plea Umpiring "harmless, empty shadows": Right of privacy Bakke and the equal protection clause: Affirmative action vs reverse discrimination "Give me your tired, your poor ... ": Does the Fourteenth Amendment protect illegal aliens? Nation of states: States' rights vs national supremacy Sacking of Greytown: Power to make war Constitution of the United States N2 - "Landmark cases that shaped the Constitution."--Jacket subtitle. Includes the full text of the Constitution ER -