Punish Treason, Reward Loyalty: The Forgotten Goals of Constitutional Reform After the Civil War

by Mark A. Graber

In contemporary constitutional politics, Section 1 of the Fourteenth Amendment--which includes the citizenship, privileges and immunities, due process, and equal protection clauses--is the star of the show. But this was not the focus for the Republican members of the Thirty-Ninth Congress. Their interest was instead in Sections 2, 3, and 4. Today we tend to think the purpose of the Fourteenth Amendment was to protect persons of color. But the Republicans...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700639497
• ISBN13: 9780700639496
• Release Date: January 2025
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 416 Pages