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A renowned constitutional scholar and a rising star provide a balanced and definitive analysis of the origins and original meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment. Adopted in 1868, the Fourteenth Amendment profoundly changed the Constitution, giving the federal judiciary and Congress new powers to protect the fundamental rights of individuals from being violated by the states. Yet, according to Randy Barnett and Evan Bernick, the Supreme Court has long misunderstood or ignored the original meaning of the amendmentÕs key clauses, covering the privileges and immunities of citizenship, due process of law, and the equal protection of the laws. Barnett and Bernick contend that the Fourteenth Amendment was the culmination of decades of debates about the meaning of the antebellum Constitution. Antislavery advocates advanced arguments informed by natural rights, the Declaration of Independence, and the common law. They also utilized what is today called public-meaning originalism. Although their arguments lost in the courts, the Republican Party was formed to advance an antislavery political agenda, eventually bringing about abolition. Then, when abolition alone proved insufficient to thwart S

Who reads The Original Meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment : Its Letter and Spirit?

Author

Randy E. Barnett; Evan D. Bernick; James Oakes

Publisher

Harvard University Press; Belknap Press: An Imprint of Harvard University Press

Published

2021

Language

EN

ISBN

9780674270121

Category

history

Subjects

Law, History, Political Science

Rating

4.7 / 5 (110 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14