The Fourteenth Amendment was ratified to establish the civil rights, privileges and immunities of the freedmen, see Raoul Berger, Government by Judiciary, The Transformation of the Fourteenth Amendment, 64-66 (2ed. Liberty Fund 1997) (1977).
The Fourteenth Amendment was ratified to establish the civil rights, privileges and immunities of the freedmen. See Raoul Berger, Government by Judiciary, The Transformation of the Fourteenth Amendment, 64-66 (2ed. Liberty Fund 1997) (1977).