constitutional law

Travel to Huntsville, Texas, the execution capital of the world and the frontline of one of America's most polarizing political issues - the death penalty. Listen as protesters and supporters discuss capital punishment. Learn the history of the death penalty in the U.S., and follow the account of a death row inmate's final hours.

Take a rare look inside the Missouri 51st, a militia in Kansas City with nearly a thousand supportors. Learn about the history of militias, the constitutional right to bear arms, and the controversial issue of gun control in the United States.

Discusses the U.S. Constitution and specifically the Bill of Rights, including its history, writing, and impact.

A collection of essays which analyze and explore various aspects of the United States Constitution.

An in-depth look at the United States Constitution and how it has been interpreted to apply to taxation. Focuses on legislation in the United States pertaining to taxation, how laws about taxation affect people's lives, and how this legal issue has evolved over time.

An in-depth look at the United States Constitution and how it has been interpreted to apply to religious freedom and the separation between church and state. Focuses on legislation in the United States pertaining to religion, how laws about the practice of religion affect people's lives, and how this legal issue has evolved over time.

"The United States is the only nation in the world in which political leaders, judges and soldiers all swear allegiance not to a king or a people but to a document, the Constitution. The Constitution today, however, is much revered but little read. . Readers of AMERICAN EPIC will never think of the Constitution in quite the same way again. Garrett Epps, a legal scholar who is also a journalist and writer of prize-winning fiction, takes readers on a literary tour of the Constitution, finding in it much that is interesting, puzzling, praiseworthy, and sometimes hilarious. Reading the Constitution like a literary work yields a host of meanings that shed new light on what it means to be an American"--.