Title: Originalism and the Other Desegregation Decision
Abstract:Introduction 2 I. Constitutional “Citizenship” Before the Fourteenth Amendment 10 A. Republican “Citizenship” and Equality in Early America 10 B. The Problem of Free Black Citizenship 12 1. The Uncert...Introduction 2 I. Constitutional “Citizenship” Before the Fourteenth Amendment 10 A. Republican “Citizenship” and Equality in Early America 10 B. The Problem of Free Black Citizenship 12 1. The Uncertain Status of United States Citizenship Under the Constitution of 1787 12 2. The Missouri Controversy and the Emergence of Free Black Citizenship as a National Political Issue 15 3. Legal Theories of Free Black Citizenship 18 C. The Dred Scott Decision and Its Aftermath 26 1. Chief Justice Taney’s Opinion 26 2. Justice Curtis’s Dissent 29 3. Aftermath of the Scott Decision 30 II. The Adoption of the Fourteenth Amendment 32 A. The Civil Rights Bill and the Attempt to Define Citizenship by Statute 34 B. The Privileges or Immunities “of Citizens of the United States” 42 C. The Addition of the Citizenship Clause 47 D. The Ratification Debate in the States 52 III. Early Interpretations of the Fourteenth Amendment 57 A. Early Congressional Interpretations of the Fourteenth Amendment 57 B. The Slaughter-House Cases 62 C. The Civil Rights Act of 1875 67 D. The Civil Rights Cases 72 IV. The Original Meaning of the Citizenship Clause 74 A. The Equal Citizenship Interpretation and Originalist Methodology 74 1. Equal Citizenship and Original Intent 76 2. Equal Citizenship and Original Public Meaning 83 B. Equal Citizenship and the “Equal Protection of the Laws” 93 Conclusion 97Read More
Publication Year: 2012
Publication Date: 2012-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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