A Look At The US Constitution "Reconstruction Amendments"

"Freedom and equality — the concepts are central to the American identity, and yet for most of the last 150 years, the Supreme Court has failed to read the 14th Amendment as broadly as its framers intended. It took a century before federal laws backed up the amendment’s basic guarantees for black Americans in any meaningful way. Today its meaning is still hotly debated, at least among people on the right, which raises significant concerns in the post-Kennedy era. Whatever Justice Kennedy’s other flaws, he was willing to read the 14th Amendment in line with the framers’ expansive intent, especially in his decisions on gay rights and reproductive rights. Now that he’s gone, what will become of the amendment?"

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