Monumental Journeys: A Concise Historical Guide to U.S. Constitutional Rights

The founders of our country decided to have a written constitution to ensure that both the government and all of our government officials are under the law. Our constitutional ideal is that no one is above the law, whether that entity or person be the U.S. Congress, the U.S. Supreme Court, or the President of the United States. Americans will not be governed by arbitrary kings, czars, justices, agency boards, or Presidents. From the fall of the ancient Roman Empire to the founding of the Un...