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Congress and the Fourteenth Amendment : enforcing liberty and equality in the states / William B. Glidden.
Van Pelt Library KF4558 14th .G55 2013
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Glidden, William B.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Constitution--14th Amendment.
- United States.
- Civil rights--United States.
- Civil rights.
- Federal government--United States.
- Federal government.
- Local Subjects:
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- x, 177 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2013]
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780739185735
- 073918573X
- OCLC:
- 846889396
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