Equal Protection on the Docket

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At least three times in its history, the Supreme Court has invoked the Constitution in order to frustrate efforts to protect the vulnerable. In the infamous Dred Scott case of 1857, the Court declared that the Constitution prohibited federal efforts to free slaves because doing so would violate their owners’ property rights—a decision that invalidated […]

Original source: https://www.nybooks.com/online/2022/10/03/equal-protection-on-the-docket/

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