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Dred Scott: Tiered Citizenship And Tiered Personhood, Henry L. Chambers, Jr.
Dred Scott: Tiered Citizenship And Tiered Personhood, Henry L. Chambers, Jr.
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Part I of this brief essay discusses Dred Scott and the Court's acceptance of tiered citizenship and tiered personhood. Part II discusses the Reconstruction Amendments as a response to tiered citizenship and tiered personhood. Part III notes two issues-felon disfranchisement and the treatment of detainees in the War on Terror-that help illuminate tiered citizenship and tiered personhood and help us evaluate the conditions under which citizenship and personhood rights may be restricted without creating tiers of citizenship and tiers of personhood.