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Law Bleg
Has anyone tried to show that the original intent or meaning of the 14th Amendment was to establish a “color-blind” constitution. I’ve heard it asserted, but I’ve never seen anyone back it up with supporting documentation (ratification debates, contemporary commentary, etc.). By contrast, I’ve seen plenty of contemporaneous evidence that the 14th Amendment was never envisioned as demanding a color-blind polity.
But if anyone does have historical evidence that this was how the 14th Amendment was meant to be interpreted, I’d be interested in seeing it.
