The Fourteenth Amendment and the Privileges and Immunities of American Citizenship
Kurt T. Lash (Author)
"This book presents the history behind a revolution in American liberty: the 1868 addition of the Privileges or Immunities Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. This exhaustively researched book follows the evolution in public understanding of "the privileges and immunities of citizens of the United States," from the early years of the Constitution to the critical national election of 1866. For the first 92 years of our nation's history, nothing in the American Constitution prevented states from abridging freedom of speech, prohibiting the free exercise of religion, or denying the right of peaceful assembly"-- Provided by publisher
eBook, English, 2014
Cambridge University Press, New York, 2014