On the Crisis of American Civilization,Post-September 11

ABSTARCT

This symposium on the Fourteenth Amendment engages a series of vital questions about its meaning and importance. Often called “a second American founding,” the Fourteenth Amendment remains highly relevant to contemporary constitutional debates, especially because its enforcement mechanism has largely been transferred from the Congress to the courts. In this sense, the debate over the Fourteenth Amendment is not simply a conversation about its meaning. It is a conversation about judicial authority more generally.