Today more questions are raised concerned DNA evidence. Should it be used to convict defendants in criminal trials?

 Educational Standards clearly and fairly explores both sides of the debate surrounding this critical issue

Explores the debate over what rights gay individuals should have, including marriage, protection from institutionalized discrimination, and military policy.

Immigrants' Rights After 9/11 explores these changes and the controversies that surround them: Should immigrants be granted full rights under the Constitution? Should immigration proceedings be public, or need they be closed to protect national security? Key questions are addressed from both sides of the issues, with extensive citation of laws, statues, court decisions, and political commentary.

American media play an important role in contemporary society—and in contemporary debate. Today, the traditional accusations of a liberal bias in media are accompanied by worries about the rise in right-wing media outlets and the stifling effects of corporate media ownership.

This book examines both sides of Miranda-related questions: Is the Miranda decision a violation of separation of powers or the concept of federalism? Does making mandatory the reading of the rules free guilty criminals? Do the warnings affect the validity of confessions? With excerpts from court cases, legislative statutes, and opinions by political commentators and legal scholars alike, Miranda Rights will spark discussion as it highlights resources that will help students form educated opinions.

In the wake of 9/11, the question of how much the government should tell the people has become a controversial one.

Examine the debate between supporters of free speech and those who think that free speech on the Internet has gone too far.