John Fredrick Parker
Donor
A discussion on the US Supreme Court; this is specifically what we're talking about.
An important point to remember: in OTL both the Slaughter-House Cases (1872-3) and United States v. Cruikshank (1875-6) were decided five to four. So supposing each were reversed? That is to say, the 1870's finds the Supreme Court:
An important point to remember: in OTL both the Slaughter-House Cases (1872-3) and United States v. Cruikshank (1875-6) were decided five to four. So supposing each were reversed? That is to say, the 1870's finds the Supreme Court:
- finding that privileges and immunities of citizenship of both the whole United States and the states in particular were to be protected by the Fourteenth Amendment
- incorporating the Fourteenth Amendment, so that the Bill of Rights might be (partially) applied to the state governments
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