Six Amendments

Author : Justice John Paul Stevens
Publisher : Little, Brown
ISBN 13 : 0316373745
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Six Amendments written by Justice John Paul Stevens and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2014-04-22 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the first time ever, a retired Supreme Court Justice offers a manifesto on how the Constitution needs to change. By the time of his retirement in June 2010, John Paul Stevens had become the second longest serving Justice in the history of the Supreme Court. Now he draws upon his more than three decades on the Court, during which he was involved with many of the defining decisions of the modern era, to offer a book like none other. Six Amendments is an absolutely unprecedented call to arms, detailing six specific ways in which the Constitution should be amended in order to protect our democracy and the safety and wellbeing of American citizens. Written with the same precision and elegance that made Stevens's own Court opinions legendary for their clarity as well as logic, Six Amendments is a remarkable work, both because of its unprecedented nature and, in an age of partisan ferocity, its inarguable common sense.

Author : American Bar Association. House of Delegates
Publisher : American Bar Association
ISBN 13 : 9781590318737
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Model Rules of Professional Conduct written by American Bar Association. House of Delegates and published by American Bar Association. This book was released on 2007 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Model Rules of Professional Conduct provides an up-to-date resource for information on legal ethics. Federal, state and local courts in all jurisdictions look to the Rules for guidance in solving lawyer malpractice cases, disciplinary actions, disqualification issues, sanctions questions and much more. In this volume, black-letter Rules of Professional Conduct are followed by numbered Comments that explain each Rule's purpose and provide suggestions for its practical application. The Rules will help you identify proper conduct in a variety of given situations, review those instances where discretionary action is possible, and define the nature of the relationship between you and your clients, colleagues and the courts.

Author : United States Sentencing Commission
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.5V/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Guidelines Manual written by United States Sentencing Commission and published by . This book was released on 1988-10 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Paul Marcus
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781634254045
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.4X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Rights of the Accused Under the Sixth Amendment written by Paul Marcus and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The right to a speedy trial -- The right to a public trial -- The right to a jury trial -- Place of prosecution -- The right to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusations -- The confrontation clause -- The compulsory process clause

Author : John Seery
Publisher : Penn State Press
ISBN 13 : 0271056800
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Too Young to Run? written by John Seery and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2015-09-10 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Under the Constitution of the United States, those with political ambitions who aspire to serve in the federal government must be at least twenty-five to qualify for membership in the House of Representatives, thirty to run for the Senate, and thirty-five to become president. What is the justification for these age thresholds, and is it time to consider changing them? In this provocative and lively book, John Seery presents the case for a constitutional amendment to lower the age barrier to eighteen, the same age at which citizens become eligible to vote. He divides his argument into three sections. In a historical chapter, he traces the way in which the age qualifications became incorporated in the Constitution in the first place. In a theoretical chapter, he analyzes the normative arguments for office eligibility as a democratic right and liberty. And in a political chapter, he ruminates about the real-world consequences of passing such an amendment and the prospects for its passage. Finally, in a postscript, he argues that younger citizens in particular ought to be exposed to this fundamental issue in civics.

Author : William Loren Katz
Publisher : Franklin Watts
ISBN 13 : 9780531008133
Total Pages : 87 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Constitutional Amendments written by William Loren Katz and published by Franklin Watts. This book was released on 1974-01-01 with total page 87 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explains each of the twenty-six amendments to the Constitution.

Author : Justice John Paul Stevens
Publisher : Little, Brown
ISBN 13 : 0316199788
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Five Chiefs written by Justice John Paul Stevens and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2011-10-03 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When he resigned last June, Justice Stevens was the third longest serving Justice in American history (1975-2010) -- only Justice William O. Douglas, whom Stevens succeeded, and Stephen Field have served on the Court for a longer time. In Five Chiefs, Justice Stevens captures the inner workings of the Supreme Court via his personal experiences with the five Chief Justices -- Fred Vinson, Earl Warren, Warren Burger, William Rehnquist, and John Roberts -- that he interacted with. He reminisces of being a law clerk during Vinson's tenure; a practicing lawyer for Warren; a circuit judge and junior justice for Burger; a contemporary colleague of Rehnquist; and a colleague of current Chief Justice John Roberts. Along the way, he will discuss his views of some the most significant cases that have been decided by the Court from Vinson, who became Chief Justice in 1946 when Truman was President, to Roberts, who became Chief Justice in 2005. Packed with interesting anecdotes and stories about the Court, Five Chiefs is an unprecedented and historically significant look at the highest court in the United States.

Author : Justice John Paul Stevens
Publisher : Little, Brown
ISBN 13 : 0316489670
Total Pages : 560 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Making of a Justice written by Justice John Paul Stevens and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2019-05-14 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A "timely and hugely important" memoir of Justice John Paul Stevens's life on the Supreme Court (New York Times). When Justice John Paul Stevens retired from the Supreme Court of the United States in 2010, he left a legacy of service unequaled in the history of the Court. During his thirty-four-year tenure, Justice Stevens was a prolific writer, authoring more than 1000 opinions. In The Making of a Justice, he recounts his extraordinary life, offering an intimate and illuminating account of his service on the nation's highest court. Appointed by President Gerald Ford and eventually retiring during President Obama's first term, Justice Stevens has been witness to, and an integral part of, landmark changes in American society during some of the most important Supreme Court decisions over the last four decades. With stories of growing up in Chicago, his work as a naval traffic analyst at Pearl Harbor during World War II, and his early days in private practice, The Making of a Justice is a warm and fascinating account of Justice Stevens's unique and transformative American life.

Author : United States
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 66 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Constitution written by United States and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Constitutional Amendments
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Passage and Ratification of the Twenty-sixth Amendment written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Constitutional Amendments and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: