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In Our Defense

by Ellen Alderman, Caroline Kennedy · 1991

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In Our Defense celebrates freedom and our basic rights from religious choice to trial by jury. Article by article, intention by intention, the first ten amendments are examined through cases that have challenged and been interpreted through them. Alderman and Kennedy, the daughter of the late President, both graduated from Columbia University Law School. 15 photos.

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adult
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long · 432 pages

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