Amendment XIV
Subtitle: equal protection
By: Sylvia Engdahl, book editor.
Contributors: Engdahl, Sylvia.
Series: Constitutional amendments : beyond the bill of rights
Publisher: Greenhaven Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Detroit
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780737741261
Subjects: United States; Discrimination -- Law and legislation -- United States; Equality before the law -- United States; Minorities -- Civil rights -- United States; Immigrants -- Civil rights -- United States
Other titles: Amendment 14; Amendment Fourteen
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Speech in the House of Representatives opposing adoption of the Fourteenth Amendment / Andrew Rogers; title: Call for the House of Representatives to vote on the Fourteenth Amendment / Thaddeus Stevens; title: Speech in the House of Representatives in praise of the Fourteenth Amendment / Jehu Baker; title: New York Times editorial following ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment / New York Times; title: Speech in the House of Representatives opposing enforcement of the Fourteenth Amendment / William S. Holman; title: Speech in the House of Representatives opposing enforcement of the Fourteenth Amendment / William S. Holman; title: Speech in the Senate favoring enforcement of the Fourteenth Amendment  / Henry Wilson; title: The Fourteenth Amendment prohibits laws that are discriminatory in effect / Stanley Matthews; title: Racial segregation in public accommodations is not unconstitutional / Henry Billings Brown; title: Under the constitution racial segregation cannot be tolerated / John Marshall Harlan; title: Racial segregation in public education is unconstitutional  / Earl Warren; title: Race cannot be used as a basis for school admission, even to achieve diversity / John Roberts; title: Affirmative action in school integration does not violate the Fourteenth Amendment / Stephen Breyer; title: Laws that discriminate on the basis of gender are unconstitutional / Warren Burger; title: Children of illegal immigrants are entitled to free schooling / William J. Brennan; title: Congress, not the courts, is responsible for policies regarding illegal immigrants / Warren Burger; title: Laws that discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation are unconstitutional / Anthony Kennedy; title: The constitution does not require preferential treatment for gays / Antonin Scalia; title: The Supreme Court's rulings on equal protection have been inconsistent / Geoffrey R. Stone; title: Banning of same-sex marriage will someday be ruled unconstitutional / Kermit Roosevelt; title: A constitutional amendment should be adopted to ban same-sex marriage / Richard Land; title: The federal hate crimes bill would violate the concept of equal protection / Robert H. Knight; title: Hate-crime laws are necessary because not all citizens are yet equal / Mel Seezholtz; title: A woman is entitled to equal protection when she did not consent to pregnancy / Eileen McDonagh; title: An unborn child is entitled to equal protection under the Fourteenth   Amendment / Charles I. Lugosi.