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
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 announced in the first eight amendments. But
rather than eradicate state autonomy, the people embraced the
Fourteenth Amendment that expanded the protections of the Bill of
Rights and preserved the Constitution's original commitment to
federalism and the principle of limited national power.
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