| Description |
1 online resource (170 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Constitutional amendments : beyond the Bill of Rights |
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Gale eBooks
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Constitutional amendments (Detroit, Mich.)
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Chapter 1: Historical background on the Fourteenth Amendment -- The Fourteenth Amendment confirms that African Americans are indeed U.S. citizens / Akhil Reed Amar -- The Fourteenth Amendment emerged out of an earlier civil rights act / Kenneth L. Karst -- It is absurd to consider former slaves anything other than full citizens / James F. Wilson -- The Fourteenth Amendment would establish federal despotism over the individual states / A.J. Rogers -- Reconstruction inspired political debate and public violence / Eric Foner -- The Fourteenth Amendment will help America fulfill its promise / Thaddeus Stevens -- America committed itself to citizenship for people of all ethnicities / Earl Warren -- Chapter 2: Testing the Fourteenth Amendment's citizenship clause -- The Fourteenth Amendment ensures citizenship to all people born on U.S. soil / Horace Gray -- The Fourteenth Amendment's citizenship clause is contrary to legal tradition and sets a dangerous precedent / Melville Fuller -- A naturalized U.S. citizen cannot have his or her citizenship taken away without consent / Hugo Black -- The Fourteenth Amendment does not guarantee citizenship in all circumstances / John Marshall Harlan -- Individual states cannot deny public education to the children of undocumented immigrants / William Brennan -- Chapter 3: Citizenship controversies in contemporary America -- The Fourteenth Amendment's guarantee of birthright citizenship should be changed / Ron Paul -- Current debates over citizenship for immigrants recall arguments from earlier times / Garrett Epps -- Illegal immigrants abuse the Fourteenth Amendment by having babies in the United States / Dmitri Vasillaros -- Recent immigrants and their babies are no threat / Priscilla Huang -- The Fourteenth Amendment allows for dual citizenship and divided loyalties / Allan Wall -- Despite an increase in dual citizenship, most immigrants are loyal to the United States / Michael Barone. |
| Summary |
Presents the Fourteenth Amendment in a historical context, examining how it has been tested in the courts and present current controversies and debates. Focuses on citizenship. |
| Subject |
United States. Constitution. 14th Amendment.
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Citizenship -- United States.
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Citizenship -- United States -- History.
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African Americans -- Civil rights.
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Immigrants -- Civil rights -- United States.
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| Added Author |
Hay, Jeff, editor.
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Gale Group.
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| Added Title |
Amendment 14 |
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Amendment Fourteen |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Amendment XIV. Detroit, Mich. : Greenhaven Press, c2009 9780737741247 |
| ISBN |
9780737746303 (electronic book) |
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9780737741247 |
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