The Fifth Editionhas been thoroughly updated, incorporating throughout material on opinions issued by the Supreme Court since the last edition. It also includes: a substantial revision of Chapter 4 - "The Legal Materials Used in Building a Constitutional Opinion" - to make major points clearer to students; a modification of Chapter 7 - "Strategies of Justification" - to make it more accessible; a sample brief in Chapter 8 to illustrate writing a brief; a new feature - "Practical Pointers" - following the first seven chapters and designed to help students use constitutional materials in making legal arguments; additional coverage of issues related to terrorism.