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BL
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704191
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b526380
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| Title & Author
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Amendment XIV : : citizenship for all /\ Jeff Hay, book editor.
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| Publication Statement
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Farmington Hills, MI :: Greenhaven Press, Gale, Cengage Learning,, c2009.
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| Series Statement
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Constitutional amendments
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170 p. :: ill. ;; 24 cm.
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| ISBN
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0737741244 (hbk.)
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: 9780737741247 (hbk.)
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-161) and index.
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| Contents
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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.
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| Abstract
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Puts amendment XIV in historical context, examines how it has been tested in the courts, and presents current controversies and debates.
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United States., Constitution., 14th Amendment.
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African Americans-- Civil rights.
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Citizenship-- United States-- History.
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Citizenship-- United States.
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Immigrants-- Civil rights-- United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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342.7308/3
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| Added Entry
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Hay, Jeff.
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| Parallel Title
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Amendment 14
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: Amendment Fourteen
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