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The Continuing Importance Of Congressman John A. Bingham And The Fourteenth Amendment, Richard L. Aynes
The Continuing Importance Of Congressman John A. Bingham And The Fourteenth Amendment, Richard L. Aynes
Akron Law Faculty Publications
Lead article in a symposium issue.
In the now-famous 1830s chronicle of a visit to America, Alexis de Tocqueville wrote that in America every political issue is ultimately a legal issue in the courts. For Americans who lived through the antislavery and abolitionist era as well as the crisis of the war of 1861-1865, the military victory of the Union forces on the field of battle still left open large political issues. These issues were attempted to be resolved through the political process that produced a legal solution: a constitutional amendment that we currently identify as the Fourteenth Amendment. The …
The Continuing Importance Of Congressman John A. Bingham And The Fourteenth Amendment, Richard L. Aynes
The Continuing Importance Of Congressman John A. Bingham And The Fourteenth Amendment, Richard L. Aynes
Richard L. Aynes
Lead article in a symposium issue. In the now-famous 1830s chronicle of a visit to America, Alexis de Tocqueville wrote that in America every political issue is ultimately a legal issue in the courts. For Americans who lived through the antislavery and abolitionist era as well as the crisis of the war of 1861-1865, the military victory of the Union forces on the field of battle still left open large political issues. These issues were attempted to be resolved through the political process that produced a legal solution: a constitutional amendment that we currently identify as the Fourteenth Amendment. The …