Winters, Robert

Traces the development of the right to a trial by a jury--a guaranteed right in the United States--and provides information through primary and secondary text analysis and commentary. Includes an annotated list of related Supreme Court cases.

Essays and primary source documents provide a historical overview of debates related to church and state in the United States.

A collection of ten controversial essays that debate issues concerning the First Amendment freedom of assembly and petition.

Authors discuss hate crimes in which the victims are chosen because they share some characteristics with a larger group that enrages the perpetrator for reasons that may have nothing to do with the actual victim, and present various opinions on how to treat these types of crimes.

Presents overviews of four important court cases related to homosexuality, along with fifteen essays that examine facets of the cases, arguing opposing viewpoints.

Presents thirteen essays that debate the Second Amendment's right to bear arms, and covers issues such as the founding father's original intention, the preservation of state militia's, the Supreme Court's interpretation of the amendment, and opposing perspectives on gun rights and gun control.

Describes the history of protection from unreasonable search and seizure, providing context for the Fourth Amendment; presents related primary documents, including Supreme Court rulings, and contemporary perspectives on search and seizure; and includes a bibliography and an annotated list of relevant Supreme Court cases.

This anthology examines four cases involving issues of students' rights: Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Engel v. Vitale, Tinker v. Des Moines, and Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District.