Fourteenth Amendment and the Privileges and Immunities of American Citizenship

This 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 Amer...