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Reliedonbystudents,professors,andpractitioners,ErwinChemerinsky’spopulartreatise,ConstitutionalLaw:PrinciplesandPolicies,FourthEdition,clearlystatesthelawandidentifiestheunderlyingpolicyissuesineachareaofconstitutionallaw.Thecharacteristicsthatmakethistreatisesohighlyvaluedinclude:Thoroughcoverageofallareasofconstitutionallaw,suitableforbothbeginningandadvancedcourses.Issuesarepresentedclearlyandwithaneutralapproachthatexaminesallsidesinconstitutionallawissues.Discussionnotonlyofdoctrinesbutoftheunderlyingpolicyissuesofthelaw.Flexibleorganization–thechapterscanbeusedseparatelyinanyorder.Updatedthroughout,theFourthEdition:Focusesparticularlyondevelopmentssincethepublicationofthethirdedition,includingissuesinvolvingstanding,congressionalpower,presidentialpowerandthewaronterror,preemption,schooldesegregation,abortionrightsandvotingrights,andFirstAmendmentissuesconcerningspeechandreligion.Includescoverageofthemostrecentandsignificantcases:Heinv.FreedomfromReligionFoundationanditsimplicationsfortaxpayerstandingBoumedienev.BushandHamdanv.Rumsfeld,concerningthewaronterrorWyethv.LevineandRiegelv.Medtronic(preemptioncases)PhilipMorrisUSAv.WilliamsandthelawofpunitivedamagesDistrictofColumbiav.Heller(anin-depthlookatthiscaseinanewsectionontheSecondAmendment)Gonzalezv.CarhartanditsimportanceinanalyzingissuesconcerningabortionrightsCrawfordv.MarionCountyElectionBd.andthelawofvotingrightsParentsInvolvedinCommunitySchoolsv.SeattleSchoolDistrictNo.1,ontheuseofraceinschooldesegregationGarcettiv.CeballosanditssignificanceforthespeechofgovernmentemployeesCitizensUnitedv.FederalElectionCommission,Randallv.Sorrell,andWisconsinRighttoLifev.FEC(campaignfinancelaw)Morsev.Frederickandstudentspeech