The Original Meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment
by Randy E. Barnett and Evan D. Bernick
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This book is an interesting and thought-provoking analysis of the original meaning of the 14th Amendment, with a close and scholarly analysis of primary sources to discern the “original public-meaning” of the text. An impressive effort that makes a considerable contribution to legal scholarship and furthers the argument that the 14th amendment in fact constitutionalizes many of the ideals of the original Declaration. Whether an originalist or not, the legal reader will learn much that will prove useful and enlightening from this book.
