The U.S. Constitution in film : : part of our national culture / / Eric Kasper and Quentin Vieregge.

• Superior document: Politics, literature, and film
• VerfasserIn: Kasper, Eric T.,; Vieregge, Quentin D., 1979-
• TeilnehmendeR: Vieregge, Quentin D., 1979-
• Place / Publishing House: Lanham : : Lexington Books,, [2018]; 2018
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Series: Politics, literature, & film.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (315 pages).

Table of Contents

Congress : "The government's hands are tied" -- The presidency : "I will shoulder all responsibility" -- Supreme Court justices and federal judges : "That's not the way I read the law!" -- The freedom of and from religion : "'There is no contradiction between faith and science ... true science!" -- The freedoms of speech and press : "The Supreme Court has roundly rejected prior restraint!" -- The right to keep and bear arms : "You can get further with a kind word and a gun" -- The rights of criminal suspects against police : "We need a reason to knock on this door!" -- The rights of the criminally accused in court : "The whole trial is out of order!" -- The rights of the convicted : "What we've got here is failure to communicate" -- Equal protection of the law : "They call me Mr. Tibbs!" -- Freedom and the right to privacy : "The only privacy that's left is the inside of your head" -- The right to vote : "It was a war long before we got here".