Rights consciousness in American history / Daniel T. Rodgers -- The explosion and erosion of rights / Gary L. McDowell -- Symbolic speech and the first amendment / Paul L. Murphy -- Church and state: The religion clauses / Melvin I. Urofsky -- Public safety and the right to bear arms / Robert J. Cottrol and Raymond T. Diamond -- The enigmatic place of property rights in modern constitutional thought / James W. Ely, Jr. -- Reversing the revolution: Rights of the accused in a conservative age / David J. Bodenhamer -- Police practices and the Bill of Rights / Laurence A. Benner and Michal R. Belknap -- The "cruel and unusual punishment" clause: A limit on the power to punish or constitutional rhetoric? / Joseph L. Hoffmann -- Equal protection and affirmative action / Herman Belz -- A ninth amendment for today's constitution / Randy E. Barnett -- Of floors and ceilings: The new federalism and state Bills of Rights / Kermit L. Hall.