Trump v. Barbara · ¶36
What the Civil Rights Act began, the Fourteenth Amendment would finish. Like the Act, the Fourteenth Amendment was intended to repudiate Dred Scott. This time, however, the goal was even grander—to put the “great question of citizenship” “beyond the legislative power” altogether, to settle the issue once and for all. Cong. Globe, 39th Cong., 1st Sess., at 2891, 2896 (Sen. Howard).Read in context ›
slip opinion, revised 7/01/26
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