The Bill of Rights: Original Meaning and Current Understanding

by Eugene W. Hickok Jr. (editor), Center for Judicial Studies

While recent years have seen a flood of literature on the Bill of Rights, this collection of essays, all by highly regarded constitutional scholars, is the first to offer a comprehensive amendment-by-amendment, clause-by-clause account of the Bill's recent sweeping transmutation. The book confirms the suspicions of critics of judicial activism, suggesting that the provisions of the Bill of Rights have been subjected to much greater interpretive revision by the Supreme Court than other parts of the Constitution.

487 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1991

Reviews

[Taylor Grayson]

Bunch of essays from different authors, so the writing style is inconsistent. The authors seem to all have right wing takes on the issues, so I'm skeptical of the objectivity of the analyses.