Alexander Tsesis* Abstract: This Article discusses why the Thirteenth Amendment’s reach extends beyond the institution of slavery and has important implications for civil liberties. The Amendment—in providing a mechanism to protect fundamental rights articulated in the Declaration of Independence and Preamble…
Stating that the plaintiffs could not rely on the Fourteenth Amendment’s privileges and immunities clause because it “has remained essentially moribund since Slaughter House” Presumably, these rights of national citizenship were protected against state infringement since the beginning of the…
Group libel is defined as the depiction of the “depravity, criminality, unchastity, or lack of virtue” of any social group, including a race, which holds the group up to public contempt. All racial and ethnic insults imply debasement…