Description: With Liberty and Justice for All?: The Constitution in the Classroom will be of interest to anyone--whether teacher, student, or citizen--interested in a better appreciation of how constitutional disputes have influenced the course of US history. With a foreword by Ruth Bader Ginsburg, this book combines penetrating essays by constitutional scholars with a wealth of supporting primary source documents and discussion topics. It reveals how controversies over the US Constitution--debates over its intentions and interpretations; disagreements about both its soaring ideals and tragic flaws--have fundamentally shaped the nation's story.
Review Quotes: "Steinbach '81, Marcus, and Cohen urge students and teachers to wrestle with the constitutional questions that animate U.S. history. The volume's eight chapters examine the Constitution's "use and misuse" at watershed moments, interweaving analysis by historians with primary sources. Rather than adopting any one view, With Liberty and Justice for All? shows the Constitution to be contested." -- Yale Law Review