Enforcing Equality: Congress, the Constitution, and the Protection of Individual Rights
by Rebecca E. Zietlow
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In Enforcing Equality , Rebecca E. Zietlow assesses Congress's historical role in interpreting the Constitution and protecting the individual rights of citizens, provocatively challenging conventional wisdom that courts, not legislatures, are best suited for this role. Specifically focusing on what she calls "rights of belonging"-a set of positive entitlements that are necessary to ensure inclusion, participation, and equal membership in diverse communities-Zietlow examines three historical show more eras: Reconstruction, the New Deal era, and Civil Rights era of the 1960's. She reveals that in these key show lessTags
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- Politics and Government, Nonfiction, Sociology
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- 342.7308 — Society, government, & culture Law U.S. Constitution - Bill of Rights, Amendments North America Constitutional law--United States Jurisdiction over persons
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- KF4764 .Z54 — Law Law of the United States Law of the United States (Federal) Constitutional law Individual and state Civil and political rights and liberties
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