Congress and the Fourteenth Amendment : : enforcing liberty and equality in the states / / William B. Glidden.

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Place / Publishing House:Lanham, Maryland : : Lexington Books,, [2013]
2013
Year of Publication:2013
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (189 pages)
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Table of Contents:
  • An overview of the post-Civil War constitutional amendments
  • The Thirteenth Amendment and the 1866 Civil Rights Act
  • The original meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment
  • Applying constitutional rules for governance over time
  • The Supreme Court eviscerated the privileges or immunities clause and section five
  • Congress, protective laws, and the court in the 20th century
  • The judicial supremacy and state action doctrines should be removed from section five
  • Section five should be restored to the Constitution in its full original meaning so Congress can protect our Fourteenth Amendment rights.