Title: Beyond Originalism: Conservative Declarationism and Constitutional Redemption
Abstract:Almost 150 years after the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment, the redemption of the nation from chattel slavery has become important—and for many conservatives, central—to the understanding of ...Almost 150 years after the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment, the redemption of the nation from chattel slavery has become important—and for many conservatives, central—to the understanding of American politics. Slavery itself may be a thing of the past, but the purported political and constitutional lessons of its initial acceptance and subsequent eradication—once a preoccupation primarily of the liberal/left—are very much on the mind of the modern American right. In a marked departure from the old, more familiar conservative narrative,Read More
Publication Year: 2011
Publication Date: 2011-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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