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Abortion. Why the 14th Amendment Does Not Prohibit Abortion The argument made by Finnis, George, Hammer and others, that abortion is unconstitutional is not supported by text or history.
Fixing the Fourteenth Amendment means revisiting the text and history of Section One and rebuilding the resulting jurisprudence—this time using all of the pieces.
An originalist reading of the text and history of the Fourteenth Amendment, in fact, provides a strong basis for protecting unenumerated fundamental rights, including rights to bodily integrity ...
The 14th Amendment was needed, Howard explained in a speech that was widely reprinted throughout the country, because the "mass of privileges, immunities, and rights" secured by the Constitution ...
The 14th Amendment was passed by Congress in 1866 and ratified by the states in ... held that the text of Section 3 was not self-executing and therefore could only be enforced through an act of ...
The Colorado Supreme Court has ruled Donald Trump ineligible for the state’s presidential primary election under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment. Now, the conservatives on the U.S. Supreme Court ...
Democrats who introduced an article of impeachment on Monday against Trump cited the 14th Amendment in the text as an argument for impeaching him.. That language could also be employed against ...
Professors Randy Barnett and Evan Bernick talked about their book, The Original Meaning of the 14th Amendment. They discussed the significance of the Fourteenth Amendment and the Equal Protection ...