When the 14th Amendment, equal protection clause was enacted, the galleries in the Senate were segregated. Now we have integration.
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The purpose that brought the fourteenth amendment into being was equality before the law, and equality, not separation, was written into the law.
As a matter of history, the Fourteenth Amendment was not understood to ban segregation on the basis of race.
America preaches integration and practices segregation.
The 'takings' clause of the Fifth Amendment is for conservatives what the equal protection clause of the 14th is for liberals.
History has shown us that, on extraordinarily rare occasions, it becomes necessary for the federal government to intervene on behalf of individuals whose 14th Amendment rights to legal due process and equal protection may be violated by a state.
The Second Amendment is an integral part of the Bill of Rights.
This has not been a legislative process worthy of the Senate. Members of the Judiciary Committee, as I just said, were implored to save their amendments for the floor. Then, when we got here, we were told no amendments could be accepted.
Segregation now, segregation tomorrow and segregation forever!
When you've got a society that is diverse, what happens is for a time, the issue is integrating your minorities into that society.
That's what the Senate is about. It's the last bastion of minority rights, where a minority can be heard, where a minority can stand on its feet, one individual if necessary, and speak until he falls into the dust.
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