Displaying 1 of 1 2009 Format: Book Title: Amendment XIV : citizenship for all / Jeff Hay, book editor. Publisher, Date: Farmington Hills, MI : Greenhaven Press, Gale, Cengage Learning, ©2009. Description: 170 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Summary: Puts amendment XIV in historical context, examines how it has been tested in the courts, and presents current controversies and debates. Series: Constitutional amendments Constitutional amendments (Detroit, Mich.) Subjects: United States. Constitution. 14th Amendment. Citizenship -- United States. Citizenship -- United States -- History. African Americans -- Civil rights. Immigrants -- Civil rights -- United States. Other Author: Hay, Jeff. Other Title: Amendment 14 Amendment Fourteen Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-161) and index. Contents: Historical background on the Fourteenth Amendment. Fourteenth Amendment confirms that African Americans are indeed U.S. citizens / Akhil Reed Amar ; Fourteenth Amendment emerged out of an earlier Civil Rights Act / Kenneth L. Karst ; It is absurd to consider former slaves anything other than full citizens / James F. Wilson ; Fourteenth Amendment would establish federal despotism over the individual states / A.J. Rogers ; Reconstruction inspired political debate and public violence / Eric Foner ; Fourteenth Amendment will help America fulfill its promise / Thaddeus Stevens ; America committed itself to citizenship for people of all ethnicities / Earl Warren -- Testing the Fourteenth Amendment's citizenship clause. Fourteenth Amendment ensures citizenship to all people born on U.S. soil / Horace Gray ; Fourteenth Amendment's citizenship clause is contrary to legal tradition and sets a dangerous precedent / Melville Fuller ; Naturalized U.S. citizen cannot have his or her citizenship taken away without consent / Hugo Black ; Fourteenth Amendment does not guarantee citizenship in all circumstances / John Marshall Harlan ; Individual states cannot deny public education to the children of undocumented immigrants / William Brennan -- Citizenship controversies in contemporary America. Fourteenth Amendment's guarantee of birthright citizenship should be changed / Ron Paul ; Current debates over citizenship for immigrants recall arguments from earlier times / Garrett Epps ; Illegal immigrants abuse the Fourteenth Amendment by having babies in the United States / Dmitri Vasillaros ; Recent immigrants and their babies are no threat / Priscilla Huang ; Fourteenth Amendment allows for dual citizenship and divided loyalties / Allan Wall ; Despite an increase in dual citizenship, most immigrants are loyal to the United States / Michael Barone. Web Site: Table of contents LCCN: 2008031773 ISBN: 9780737741247 0737741244 Other Number: 234257267 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 655959 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: 342.73083 Amendmen Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1