Brian P. Smentkowski

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Website : Brian Smentkowski at Queens University of Charlotte

BIOGRAPHY

Associate Professor of Political Science, Queens University of Charlotte. Coauthor of Misreading the Bill of Rights.

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Articles

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Ruth Bader Ginsburg was an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1993 to 2020. She was the second woman to serve on the Supreme Court. Joan Ruth Bader was the younger of the two children of Nathan Bader, a merchant, and Celia Bader. Her elder sister, Marilyn, died of…

Twenty-first Amendment

Twenty-fifth Amendment

Supreme Court of the United States

Twenty-second Amendment

Harold H. Burton

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Twenty-fourth Amendment

Charles Evans Hughes

Owen Josephus Roberts

Twentieth Amendment

court

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Eleventh Amendment

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Publications (1)

Misreading the Bill of Rights: Top Ten Myths Concerning Your Rights and Liberties (March 2015)

By Kirby Goidel, Craig Freeman, Brian Smentkowski

The Bill of Rights―the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution―are widely misunderstood by many Americans. This book explores the widely held myths about the Bill of Rights, how these myths originated, why they have persisted, and the implications for contemporary politics and policy.• Carefully separates out widely held contemporary beliefs about the Bill of Rights and connects them to debates over meaning, enabling readers to see how the meaning of rights is historically and contextually determined•...