Congress and the Fourteenth Amendment
Subtitle: enforcing liberty and equality in the states
By: William B. Glidden
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 177
ISBN-13: 9781498515344; 9780739185735
Subjects: United States; Civil rights; Federal government
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-168) and index.
Table of contents: title: An overview of the post-Civil War constitutional amendments; title: The Thirteenth Amendment and the 1866 Civil Rights Act; title: The original meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment; title: Applying constitutional rules for governance over time; title: The Supreme Court eviscerated the privileges or immunities clause and section five; title: Congress, protective laws, and the court in the 20th century; title: The judicial supremacy and state action doctrines should be removed from section five; title: Section five should be restored to the Constitution in its full original meaning so Congress can protect our Fourteenth Amendment rights.