“Progressives” Challenging U.S. Constitution’s Adoption Should Look In Their Own Backyard
“Progressives” challenging the legitimacy of the Constitution’s adoption might want to avoid looking too closely at the adoption of constitutional changes they favor. There has long been dispute over whether several of the Constitution’s “liberalizing” amendments were properly ratified. Among the challenged amendments have been the Thirteenth, the Fourteenth, the Sixteenth, the Eighteenth, and the […]