"I think it is undeniable that the courts have rendered the 14th amendment meaningless . I think they do `` fear `` how things would play out but they have done it so much that they have no idea how to proceed now . Substantive due process is n't well defined , no one knows what the privileges and immunities clause means and what it comes down to is like a fail-safe argument for the courts to claim a 14th amendment violation when they have nothing us . Anywho , to answer your question , yes , Thomas relied on the privileges and immunities clause ."
"I think even the Court knows that the Fourteenth was not well crafted , at least in terms of forsight . However , once it was ratified the Court really had no choice but to try to work it into the legal landscape . Certainly State power needed to be curtailed to stop such institutions such as slavery , but I do n't think restructuring how the entire Constitution works was the right move ."
"I think it is undeniable that the courts have rendered the 14th amendment meaningless"
"I think even the Court knows that the Fourteenth was not well crafted , at least in terms of forsight"