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Misreading the bill of rights = top ten myths concerning your rights and liberties /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Misreading the bill of rights/ Kirby Goidel, Craig Freeman, and Brian Smentkowski.
Reminder of title:	top ten myths concerning your rights and liberties /
Author:	Goidel, Robert K.,
other author:	Freeman, Craig.
Published:	Santa Barbara, Calif. :Praeger, : 2015.,
Description:	1 online resource (xxi, 243 p.) :ill. :
Subject:	Civil rights - United States. -
Online resource:	http://ebooks.abc-clio.com/?isbn=9781440832345
ISBN:	9781440832345 (e-book)

Misreading the bill of rights = top ten myths concerning your rights and liberties /
Goidel, Robert K.,1967-

Misreading the bill of rightstop ten myths concerning your rights and liberties /[electronic resource] :Kirby Goidel, Craig Freeman, and Brian Smentkowski. - Santa Barbara, Calif. :Praeger,2015. - 1 online resource (xxi, 243 p.) :ill.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-230) and index.

The 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 wer 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.

"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"--Provided by publisher.

ISBN: 9781440832345 (e-book)Subjects--Corporate Names:

861394
United States.
1st-10th Amendments.Constitution.Subjects--Topical Terms:

561617
Civil rights
--United States.

LC Class. No.: KF4749 / .G65 2015

Dewey Class. No.: 342.7308/5

Misreading the bill of rights = top ten myths concerning your rights and liberties /
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