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The Separate But Unequal Constitution, Adam Lamparello, Charles E. Maclean
The Separate But Unequal Constitution, Adam Lamparello, Charles E. Maclean
Adam Lamparello
The Constitution should not be a political chess match, and outcomes should not depend on the composition of the Supreme Court. The text’s written and unwritten mandates speak to a single value that should unite jurists of all interpretive persuasions: the people — not legislatures or courts — own the Constitution’s enumerated rights, and have a corresponding right to define those that are not enumerated. But those rights have not been fully realized because the Constitution has been applied in a separate — and unequal — manner.
The wealthy have increased access to the political process, the poor are disproportionately …