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.

Primary Contributions (45)

Articles

William Rehnquist

William Rehnquist was the 16th chief justice of the United States, appointed to the Supreme Court in 1971 and elevated to chief justice in 1986. Rehnquist served in the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II. After the war, he attended Stanford University, where he was awarded bachelor’s (1948),…

Twenty-second Amendment

Hugo Black

Twenty-fifth Amendment

Fourth Amendment

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Third Amendment

Supreme Court of the United States

Owen Josephus Roberts

Twenty-first Amendment

Twenty-sixth Amendment

Twenty-fourth Amendment

Twentieth Amendment

Twenty-third Amendment

Eleventh Amendment

Seventh Amendment

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.

Interestingly, most Americans today—even professional political commentators—misinterpret or misunderstand what the Bill of Rights' intended meaning and purposes were. Culturally ingrained myths...

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