Friday, July 09, 2021

This Day in History July 9, 1868 The Biggest Change in U.S. Constitutional History : the 14th Amendment is Ratified

Today is July 9, the day the 14th Amendment was ratified. But, was it really ever ratified legally? In 1957, U.S. News and World Report said no... To understand the magnitude of the constitutional change. read this book from the late Harvard Law Professor Raoul Berger. You'll also want to watch historian Tom Woods' important lecture on the subject. Sadly, many lawyers don't know what's in Tom Woods lecture.
Did you ever feel that state and local governments have become just branch offices of the federal government with Supreme Court justices unaccountable?