Download or read book Ordinances and Constitution of the State of Alabama written by Alabama. Convention, 1861 and published by . This book was released on 1861 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Alabama Justice written by Steven P. Brown and published by University Alabama Press. This book was released on 2020-10-06 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WINNER OF THE ANNE B. & JAMES B. MCMILLAN PRIZE IN SOUTHERN HISTORY Examines the legacies of eight momentous US Supreme Court decisions that have their origins in Alabama legal disputes Unknown to many, Alabama has played a remarkable role in a number of Supreme Court rulings that continue to touch the lives of every American. In Alabama Justice: The Cases and Faces That Changed a Nation, Steven P. Brown has identified eight landmark cases that deal with religion, voting rights, libel, gender discrimination, and other issues, all originating from legal disputes in Alabama. Written in a concise and accessible manner, each case law chapter begins with the circumstances that created the dispute. Brown then provides historical and constitutional background for the issue followed by a review of the path of litigation. Excerpts from the Court’s ruling in the case are also presented, along with a brief account of the aftermath and significance of the decision. The First Amendment (New York Times v. Sullivan), racial redistricting (Gomillion v. Lightfoot), the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment (Frontiero v. Richardson), and prayer in public schools (Wallace v. Jaffree) are among the pivotal issues stamped indelibly by disputes with their origins in Alabama legal, political, and cultural landscapes. By examining such landmark twentieth-century milestones and eras such as the Scottsboro Boys trial, the Civil Rights movement, and the fight for women’s rights through a legal lens, Brown sheds new and unexpected light on the ways that events in Alabama have shaped the nation. In addition to his analysis of cases, Brown discusses the three associate Supreme Court justices from Alabama to the Supreme Court: John McKinley, John Archibald Campbell, and Hugo Black. Their cumulative influence on constitutional interpretation, the institution of the Court, and the day-to-day rights and liberties enjoyed by every American is impossible to measure. A closing chapter examines the careers and contributions of these three Alabamians.
Download or read book The Flush Times of Alabama and Mississippi written by Joseph Glover Baldwin and published by . This book was released on 1883 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Inside Alabama written by Harvey H. Jackson and published by University of Alabama Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An insider's perspective in a conversational, yet unapologetic style on the events and conditions that shaped modern-day Alabama.
Download or read book Constitution of the State of Alabama written by Alabama and published by . This book was released on 1819 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Constitution of the State of Alabama written by Alabama and published by . This book was released on 1871 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Words That Made Us written by Akhil Reed Amar and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2021-05-04 with total page 816 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of the American Constitution's formative decades from a preeminent legal scholar When the US Constitution won popular approval in 1788, it was the culmination of thirty years of passionate argument over the nature of government. But ratification hardly ended the conversation. For the next half century, ordinary Americans and statesmen alike continued to wrestle with weighty questions in the halls of government and in the pages of newspapers. Should the nation's borders be expanded? Should America allow slavery to spread westward? What rights should Indian nations hold? What was the proper role of the judicial branch? In The Words that Made Us, Akhil Reed Amar unites history and law in a vivid narrative of the biggest constitutional questions early Americans confronted, and he expertly assesses the answers they offered. His account of the document's origins and consolidation is a guide for anyone seeking to properly understand America's Constitution today.
Download or read book Pocket Guide to Alabama Criminal Laws written by Pocket Press and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Ordinances Adopted by the People of the State of Alabama written by Alabama. Convention and published by . This book was released on 1861 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Alabama in the Twentieth Century written by Wayne Flynt and published by University of Alabama Press. This book was released on 2004-10-10 with total page 621 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A native son and accomplished historian does not flinch from pointing out Alabama's failures from the past 100 years; neither is he restrained in calling attention to the state's triumphs in this authoritative, popular history of the past 100 years.
Download or read book Congressional Record written by United States. Congress and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 1432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873. Debates for sessions prior to 1873 are recorded in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (1789-1824), the Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873)
Download or read book The Alabama State Constitution written by William Histaspas Stewart and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Alabama State Constitution provides an outstanding constitutional and historical account of the state's basic governing charter. In this book, William H. Stewart, an authority on the state's political and constitutional history, provides an overview of important developments since 1819 along with an in-depth, section-by-section analysis of the entire constitution, detailing the many significant changes since its initial drafting. The second edition includes updates to current provisions, new rulings on gay marriage, and touches on immigration, environmental protection, energy, and taxation. This treatment, along with a table of cases, index, and the bibliography provides an unsurpassed reference guide for students, scholars, and practitioners of Alabama's constitution.
Download or read book State Constitutions for the Twenty first Century Volume 3 written by G. Alan Tarr and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 2007-06-01 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nationally recognized experts analyze how states deal with major constitutional issues.
Download or read book Qualifications of Electors written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Keeping Faith with the Constitution written by Goodwin Liu and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2010-08-05 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chief Justice John Marshall argued that a constitution "requires that only its great outlines should be marked [and] its important objects designated." Ours is "intended to endure for ages to come, and consequently, to be adapted to the various crises of human affairs." In recent years, Marshall's great truths have been challenged by proponents of originalism and strict construction. Such legal thinkers as Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia argue that the Constitution must be construed and applied as it was when the Framers wrote it. In Keeping Faith with the Constitution, three legal authorities make the case for Marshall's vision. They describe their approach as "constitutional fidelity"--not to how the Framers would have applied the Constitution, but to the text and principles of the Constitution itself. The original understanding of the text is one source of interpretation, but not the only one; to preserve the meaning and authority of the document, to keep it vital, applications of the Constitution must be shaped by precedent, historical experience, practical consequence, and societal change. The authors range across the history of constitutional interpretation to show how this approach has been the source of our greatest advances, from Brown v. Board of Education to the New Deal, from the Miranda decision to the expansion of women's rights. They delve into the complexities of voting rights, the malapportionment of legislative districts, speech freedoms, civil liberties and the War on Terror, and the evolution of checks and balances. The Constitution's framers could never have imagined DNA, global warming, or even women's equality. Yet these and many more realities shape our lives and outlook. Our Constitution will remain vital into our changing future, the authors write, if judges remain true to this rich tradition of adaptation and fidelity.
Download or read book Understanding State Constitutions written by G. Alan Tarr and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2000-09-25 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The distinctiveness of state constitutionalism -- Explaining state constitutional development -- Eighteenth-century state constitutionalism -- Nineteenth-century state constitutionalism -- Twentieth-century state constitutionalism -- State constitutional interpretation.
Download or read book Alabama Official and Statistical Register written by Alabama. Department of Archives and History and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vol. for 1903 contains a list of Constitution conventions of Alabama, 1819-1901 with bibliogtaphy of each convention.
