How the Fourteenth Amendment Empowers Judicial Activism

How the Fourteenth Amendment Empowers Judicial Activism

Author: Mises Institute September 30, 2025 Duration: 7:02
Created to assure that newly-freed slaves would receive equal legal protection, the Fourteenth Amendment has come to dominate federal jurisprudence. This is not a good thing.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/how-fourteenth-amendment-empowers-judicial-activism

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