https://wthrockmorton.com/2013/09/05/institute-on-the-constitution-post-civil-war-amendments-undo-the-bill-of-rights/ A [retired] college psychology professor's observations about public policy, mental health, sexual identity, and religious issues Thu, 05 Sep 2013 17:33:35 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://wthrockmorton.com/2013/09/05/institute-on-the-constitution-post-civil-war-amendments-undo-the-bill-of-rights/#comment-57431 Thu, 05 Sep 2013 17:33:35 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=15204#comment-57431 One could reasonably argue that the Ninth and Tenth Amendments were substantially undercut by the Reconstruction Amendments. For example, to the extent that the Ninth and Tenth Amendments could be read to protect individual rights to own slaves and states’ power to enforce the legal institutions associated with slavery — and I think that’s a plausible reading — they no longer did so after the Thirteenth Amendment was passed. Of course, I think that’s an entirely salutary development.

]]> https://wthrockmorton.com/2013/09/05/institute-on-the-constitution-post-civil-war-amendments-undo-the-bill-of-rights/#comment-57432 Thu, 05 Sep 2013 17:33:35 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=15204#comment-57432 One could reasonably argue that the Ninth and Tenth Amendments were substantially undercut by the Reconstruction Amendments. For example, to the extent that the Ninth and Tenth Amendments could be read to protect individual rights to own slaves and states’ power to enforce the legal institutions associated with slavery — and I think that’s a plausible reading — they no longer did so after the Thirteenth Amendment was passed. Of course, I think that’s an entirely salutary development.

]]> https://wthrockmorton.com/2013/09/05/institute-on-the-constitution-post-civil-war-amendments-undo-the-bill-of-rights/#comment-72813 Thu, 05 Sep 2013 13:33:35 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=15204#comment-72813 One could reasonably argue that the Ninth and Tenth Amendments were substantially undercut by the Reconstruction Amendments. For example, to the extent that the Ninth and Tenth Amendments could be read to protect individual rights to own slaves and states’ power to enforce the legal institutions associated with slavery — and I think that’s a plausible reading — they no longer did so after the Thirteenth Amendment was passed. Of course, I think that’s an entirely salutary development.

]]> https://wthrockmorton.com/2013/09/05/institute-on-the-constitution-post-civil-war-amendments-undo-the-bill-of-rights/#comment-81218 Thu, 05 Sep 2013 13:33:35 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=15204#comment-81218 One could reasonably argue that the Ninth and Tenth Amendments were substantially undercut by the Reconstruction Amendments. For example, to the extent that the Ninth and Tenth Amendments could be read to protect individual rights to own slaves and states’ power to enforce the legal institutions associated with slavery — and I think that’s a plausible reading — they no longer did so after the Thirteenth Amendment was passed. Of course, I think that’s an entirely salutary development.

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