The Fourteenth Amendment and the Privileges and Immunities of American Citizens…

The Fourteenth Amendment and the Privileges and Immunities of American Citizens…

The Fourteenth Amendment and the Privileges and Immunities of American CitizenshipAuthor(s): Kurt T. Lash\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781107023260, 978-1107023260\nSynopsis\nThis exhaustively researched book presents the history behind a revolution in American liberty: the 1868 addition of the Privileges or Immunities Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. It follows the evolution in public understanding of 'the privileges and immunities of citizens of the United States', from the early years of the Constitution to the election of 1866. For 92 years nothing in the American Constitution prevented states from abridging freedom of speech, prohibiting the free exercise of religion, or denying the right of peaceful assembly. The suppression of freedom in the southern states convinced the Reconstruction Congress and supporters of the Union to add an amendment forcing the states to respect the rights a.

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