Everyman's Constitution: Historical Essays on the Fourteenth Amendment, the "Conspiracy Theory," and American Constitutionalism

Graham, Howard Jay

ISBN 10: 0870206346 / ISBN 13: 9780870206344

Verlag: Wisconsin Historical Society P, 2013

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 0870206346-VB

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In 1938, Howard Jay Graham, a deaf law librarian, successfully argued that the authors of the Fourteenth Amendment--ratified after the American Civil War to establish equal protection under the law for all American citizens regardless of race--were motivated by abolitionist fervor, debunking the notion of a corporate conspiracy at the heart of the amendment's wording. For over half a century, the amendment had been used to endow corporations with rights as individuals and thus protect them from state legislation. By 1968, when Everyman's Constitution was first published, the Fourteenth Amendment had become a tool for the incorporation of the Bill of Rights to apply to all American citizens. The essays in this reprinted edition are still relevant as the nation continues to interpret our framing legislation in light of the concerns of today and to balance citizens' rights against those of corporations. Howard Jay Graham was a law librarian brought in by the NAACP's legal team to write a brief on the Fourteenth Amendment for the Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education. Though the Supreme Court justices ruled in favor of the NAACP based on the sociological rather than historical evidence it provided, Graham's work, published in various law journals over several decades, contributed greatly to the ongoing interpretation of the Fourteenth Amendment.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Howard Jay Graham was a law librarian brought in by the NAACP&;s legal team to write a brief on the Fourteenth Amendment for their Supreme Court case, Brown v. Board of Education. Though the Supreme Court justices ruled in favor of the NAACP based on the sociological rather than historical evidence they had provided, Graham&;s work contributed greatly to the ongoing interpretation of the Fourteenth Amendment.

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Titel: Everyman's Constitution: Historical Essays ...
Verlag: Wisconsin Historical Society P
Erscheinungsdatum: 2013
Einband: paperback
Zustand: As New