Making sense of the constitution [electronic resource] : a primer on the Supreme Court and its struggle to apply our fundamental law / Walter M. Frank.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Some foundational ideas -- The Constitution and its Amendments : an overview -- The Fourteenth Amendment -- The Supreme Court in the constitutional structure -- What the court does : the stuff of judicial review -- The federal judicial system -- Life on the court -- The litigation process : from complaint to Supreme Court opinion -- The toolbox for judicial decision making -- Crafting a Constitution -- The court in action : contemporary constitutional controversies.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.