TY - BOOK AU - Vile,John R. TI - A companion to the United States Constitution and its amendments SN - 9780313380082 (cloth : alk. paper) U1 - 342.7302 22 PY - 2010/// CY - Santa Barbara, Calif. PB - Praeger KW - Constitutional law KW - United States N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; The background and purposes of the Constitution -- Article I : the legislative branch -- Article II : the executive branch -- Article III : the judicial branch -- Article IV : the federal system -- Articles V-VII : the amending provision and miscellaneous matters -- The Bill of Rights : the First Amendment -- The Bill of Rights : of arms and men : Amendments 2-3 -- The Bill of Rights and the rights of the accused and the convicted : Amendments 4-8 -- The Bill of Rights, the rights of the states : (Amendments 9-10) and Amendments 11 and 12 -- The post Civil War amendments : Amendments 13-15 -- The progressive era amendments : Amendments 16-19 -- The recent amendments : Amendments 20-27 -- Reading Supreme Court decisions; law ER -