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David Koppel opines that Dred Scott still has applicability today.
The 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments fixed the problem of blacks being disenfranchised non-citizens by explicitly granting them the rights that every other citizen held.
To date, I've not seen any amendments which changed what the privileges and immunities of an American citizen are; so their definition in Dred Scott should still stand.
The piecemeal application of the 14th Amendment, thanks to the shitty Slaughterhouse decision, has meant the 2nd is getting restored in dribs and drabs rather than all at once.
I am continually amazed at how persistent the measures passed to make sure black people were discriminated against as a people are.
And not just blacks, laws against my people were passed as well. New Yorks Sullivan act was aimed at Italian immigrants like my great grandparents on Mom's side.
And many other 'minority' groups. What the FedGov did to the Acadians in Louisiana would have had any other minority group representative screaming for reparations.
ReplyDeleteSame with the Irish pre-Civil War.
A right denied one person or group isn't a right.
Which, of course, our soft 'incrimentalistic' gun-peoples just don't understand.