a non-boring guide to how our democracy is supposed to work
Sheehan, Ben
2024
Written by political savant Ben Sheehan, and vetted for accuracy by experts in the field of constitutional law, What Does the Constitution Actually Say? is an entertaining and accessible primer on what our Constitution actually lays out.
With clear notes and graphics on everything from presidential powers to Supreme Court nominations to hidden loopholes, Sheehan walks us through the entire Constitution (with a bonus section on the Declaration of Independence). Besides putting the Constitution in modern-day English (so that it can be understood), What Does the Constitution Actually Say? gives you everything you need to be an effective voter and citizen in the November elections and beyond.
"Through simple text and historic and modern images and photographs, this title explains why the US Constitution is one of the most important symbols of freedom to the United States of America"--OCLC.
A comprehensive teacher's guide to the U.S. Constitution for the fourth through eighth-grade reading class that features lesson plans, activity pages, annotated bibliography, and quizzes.
Presents essays on 281 alphabetically arranged court cases that show how the Bill of Rights has been defined and extended up to June of 2001, and also contains reference tools including a table of the justices' notable stances, a time line, a glossary, and a bibliography.
Contains essays on the Bill of Rights, covering its history and significance, each of its amendments, and eighty-one issues it affects, and also contains the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and all of its amendments.
Explains the developments leading up to the writing of the Constitution, what the Constitution is, and what happened during the Constitutional Convention.
