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Congress and the Fourteenth Amendment : enforcing liberty and equality in the states /
In Congress and the Fourteenth Amendment, William B. Glidden examines the misuse of the fourteenth amendment. The fourteenth amendment was created under the belief that states have the duty, and Congress the power by appropriate legislation, to protect people in their life, liberty, and property rig...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lanham, Maryland :
Lexington Books,
[2013]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In Congress and the Fourteenth Amendment, William B. Glidden examines the misuse of the fourteenth amendment. The fourteenth amendment was created under the belief that states have the duty, and Congress the power by appropriate legislation, to protect people in their life, liberty, and property rights. Instead, the Supreme Court has insisted that Congress cannot regulate private conduct because the amendment only applies to actions of the states, and Congress cannot regulate state conduct because only the Court can decide what. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 177 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780739185742 0739185748 1299831273 9781299831278 1498515347 9781498515344 |