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The Three Whisky Happy Hour: Getting Right with the 14th Amendment, with Randy Barnett

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The Purpose of Privilege Immunities of Citizenship

In the book we distinguish between two things. Very importantly, its in the title. We distinguish between the letter of the constitution and the spirita. The original the text of the fourteenth amendment is a reference to privileged immunities of citien. What are civil rights? Civil rights are the rights you get when you leave the state of nature and enter into civil society. These are legally enforcable versions of natural rights coupled with other rights like trial by jury.

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