A Pocket Information to the US Structure: What Each American Must Know

The Structure will not be so easy that it explains itself ― nor so advanced that solely consultants can perceive it.

On this accessible, nonpartisan fast reference, historian Andrew Arnold supplies

concise explanations of the Structure’s which means and historical past, providing little-known details and anecdotes about each article and all twenty-seven amendments. This helpful information will not let you know what the Structure must say, nor what it must imply. It would let you know what the Structure says and what it has meant.

A Pocket Information to the US Structure presents a simple approach to perceive the American Constitutional system. With out wading by prolonged authorized prose, heavy historic evaluation, or polemical diatribes, you possibly can simply discover out what the emoluments clause means, find out about gerrymandering and separation of powers, or learn a quick background on why slaves in colonial America had been thought-about 3/5 of an individual.

Sufficiently small to place in your pocket, backpack, or briefcase,
A Pocket Information to the US Structure can be utilized to understand present occasions, dig deeper into courtroom instances, or type out your individual opinions on constitutional points.