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Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Background and History -- Introduction -- The First Amendment-Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly, and Petition -- The Second Amendment-The Right to Bear Arms -- The Third Amendment-The Housing of Soldiers -- The Fourth Amendment-Search and Arrest Warrants -- The Fifth Amendment-Rights in Criminal Cases and Compelling Self-Incrimination -- The Sixth Amendment-Rights to Fair Trial -- The Seventh Amendment-Rights in Civil Cases -- The Eighth Amendment-Bails, Fines, and Punishments -- The Ninth Amendment-Rights Retained by the People -- The Tenth Amendment-Powers Retained by States and the People -- The Fourteenth Amendment-Civil Rights -- The Fifteenth Amendment-Black Suffrage -- Civil Rights Acts by the U.S. Congress -- The Nineteenth Amendment-Women's Suffrage -- The Twenty-Fourth Amendment-Poll Taxes -- The Twenty-Sixth Amendment-Suffrage for Eighteen-Year-Olds -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 2: Problems, Controversies, and Solutions -- Introduction -- The Denial of Rights to the "Other -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3: Perspectives -- Introduction -- The COVID-19 Pandemic and Lessons for Civil Rights Coping Strategies -- Two Courts: State Courts of Last Resort and Civil Rights Adjudication -- Defining Equality: Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Americans with Disabilities Act -- Warrants for Me but Not for Thee: Students' Fourth Amendment Rights in Public Schools -- When Secular and Religious Interests Collide -- Transgender Rights -- The Free Press in the Age of Trump -- Religious Opposition to Abortion Rights: Another Attempt at Establishment of Religion -- Fish-Ins" and the Indian Civil Rights Movement -- Chapter 4: Profiles -- Introduction -- Organizations -- People-Government -- People-Nongovernment -- References -- Chapter 5: Data and Documents.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 BACKGROUND AND HISTORY -- Introduction -- The Rise of National Parties -- Party Principles -- One-Party Rule -- The Jacksonian Transformative Election and Period, 1828-1860 -- Extension of the States -- The Rise of the Mass Party -- The Party Spoils System -- Democratic Superiority -- The Know Nothings -- The Transformative Election of Lincoln and the Parties, 1854-1896 -- Developing Political Parties and the Modern Two-Party System -- The Transformative Election of McKinley and the Progressive Era, 1896-1932 -- Major-Party Developments: The Republicans -- Major-Party Developments: The Democrats -- The Transformative Election of FDR, 1932-1980 -- FDR and the New Deal Democrats -- Democratic Party Developments Post-World War II -- Conservatives Ascendant -- Parity and Polarization -- Conclusion -- References -- 2 PROBLEMS, CONTROVERSIES, AND SOLUTIONS -- Introduction -- The Voters -- Who Should Be Allowed to Vote? -- The Declining Importance of Party Identification -- Coalitions of Voting Blocs and Shifts in Voter Allegiance -- Ideological Purity of the Two Major Parties-The Dichotomy of Conservative Republicans versus Liberal Democrats -- Ideology versus Pragmatism in Primary and General Elections -- The Need to Play to a Party's Base versus Outreach and Diversity of Coalitions -- The Candidates -- The Candidate Selection Process -- The Establishment versus Outsider Candidates -- The Campaigns -- The Length of Presidential Campaigns -- The Complexity of National, State, and Local Elections -- The Cost of Campaigns -- Citizens United and Campaign Finance Reform -- Overturning Citizens United -- National Laws That May Affect the Length and Cost of Elections -- The States -- The 50 State Party Systems -- States' Rules on Ballot Access -- Caucuses and Conventions

This work examines all major changes in US immigration law since 1965. It compares immigration approaches and attitudes in the US to those in other countries facing similar problems. It also discusses all the major agencies and organizations that influence immigration policy