Belonging To America: Equal Citizenship And The Constitution By Kenneth L. Karst
by Kenneth L. Karst /
1989 / English / PDF
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Who are the real citizens of America? Which people truly qualify for equality under the law? Two hundred years ago, an honest answer to these questions would have excluded not only women, slaves, and Indians, but also Germans, Scotch-Irish, Catholics, and Jews. Yet the Declaration of Independence expresses a profound commitment to the ideal of equal citizenship.
