I felt a need to remind myself of what was in this thing called a constitution as current politics and electioneering seemed to be interpreting it in whatever way was necessary to make a point in favor of the person doing the quoting. This book is a little old but then so is the document it presents. It gives the Articles by Section and Clause and uses its own modern language to explain what each Clause means - as the authors see it - and therein lies the problem all documents face: every written statement is interpretable. That's why there are so many different churches, mosques, synagogues, ashrams, etc and why we have a Supreme Court to do our interpreting for us. Sadly even the Supreme Court gets political depending on who sits on it. But - we in America are luckier than most peoples out there around the world, we can and do change things every 4 years to suit the times prevailing. If we ALL vote we can make it more representational of popular belief instead of a knee-jerk consequence of the First Amendment such as we suffer under in 2017. ( )

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Bruce Findlay is Associate Superintendent of the Los Angeles city Schools. His wife, Esther Findlay is a teacher of English and Social Studies. This material was developed to teach students about what is in the Constitution. Helpful graphics/artistry.

Quoting the Amendment, the "common law" is expressly preserved for courts in the United States. Amendment 7. But no real explanation of what this means.