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Equality under the Constitution : reclaiming the Fourteenth Amendment by Judith A. Baer; National Endowment for the Humanities Open Book Program is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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The principle of equality embedded in the Declaration of Independence and reaffirmed in the Constitution does not distinguish between individuals according to their capacities or merits. It is written into these documents to ensure that each and every person enjoys equal respect and equal rights. Judith Baer maintains, however, that in fact American judicial decisions have consistently denied individuals the form of equality to which they are legally entitled—that the courts have interpreted constitutional guarantees of equal protection in ways that undermine the original intent of Congress. In __Equality under the Constitution__, Baer examines the background, scope, and purpose of the Constitution’s Fourteenth Amendment and the history of its interpretation by the courts. She traces the development of the idea of equality, drawing on the Bill of Rights, Congressional records, the Civil War amendments, and other sections of the Constitution. Baer discusses many of the significant equal-protection cases decided by the Supreme Court from the time of the amendment’s ratification, including decisions on reverse discrimination, age discrimination, the rights of the disabled, and gay rig

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Author

Judith A. Baer; National Endowment for the Humanities Open Book Program

Publisher

Cornell University Press

Published

2018

Language

EN

ISBN

9780801415555

Category

nonfiction