Enforcing the Equal Protection Clause: Congressional Power, Judicial Doctrine, and Constitutional Law

by William D. Araiza

Book Overview

For over a century, Congress's power to enforce the Fourteenth Amendment's guarantee of "the equal protection of the laws" has presented judges and scholars with a puzzle. What does it mean for Congress to "enforce" such a wide-ranging, open-ended provision when the Supreme Court has insisted on its own superiority in interpreting the Fourteenth Amendment? In Enforcing the Equal Protection Clause, William D. Araiza offers a unique understanding...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1479859702
• ISBN13: 9781479859702
• Release Date: January 2016
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.1" x 1.1" x 6.3"