The Constitution That Delicate Balance Author:Fred W. Friendly, Martha J. H. Elliott Landmark cases that shaped the Constitiution: — Barron's Wharf: First test of the Bill of Rights -- — Seventeen Words: Quiet revolution of the Fourteenth Amendment -- — Minnesota Rag: Newspaper that gave new meaning th Freedom of the Press -- — Myth about the Bay of Pigs: Freedom of the press and National Security -- — Protecting "The though... more »t that we hate": Freedom of speech and the Right of Peaceable Assembly --
Does money talk?: Elections, contributions, and speech --
God and the classroom: Free exercise of religion vs establishment of religion --
Knock at the door: How the supreme Court created a rule to enforce the Fourth Amendment --
Crime and its aftershock: Fair trial vs free press --
Willie Francis' two trips to the chair: Punishment and the death penalty --
Defense of last resort: Insanity plea --
Umpiring "harmless, empty shadows": Right of privacy --
Bakke and the equal protection clause: Affirmative action vs reverse discrimination --
"Give me your tired, your poor ...": Does the Fourteenth Amendment protect illegal aliens? --
Nation of states: States' rights vs national supremacy --