Table of Contents
Foreword 9
Amendment Text and Explanation 12
Introduction 16
Chronology 22
Chapter 1 Historical Background on the Fourteenth Amendment
A History of Due Process Morris D. Forkosch 28
A Presidential Message Andrew Johnson 40
The Passage of the Fourteenth Amendment Eric Foner 47
The "Second Constitution" Garrett Epps 52
Chapter 2 Testing the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment
The Due Process Clause Guarantees the Fourth Amendment Right to Privacy Tom C. Clark 58
The Due Process Clause Guarantees the Right to a Fair Trial Colin Evans 72
Truancy Leads to Due Process for Students Abe Fortas 77
Double Jeopardy and the Due Process Clause Elder Witt 89
Due Process Protects a Women's Right to Choose Abortion Harry Blackmun 95
Due Process Should Not Protect a Woman's Right to Choose Abortion William H. Rehnquist 112
Student Suspension Byron White 117
Chapter 3 Current Due Process Issues
Due Process and Detainees of the War on Terrorism Barbara Olshansky 128
Music Piracy and the Right to Due Process Anita Ramasastry 134
Due Process May Be Threatened by DNA Databases Marcelo Ballvé 139
Immigration Reform Could Threaten Due Proces Rights 144
American Civil Liberties Union
Appendices
A The Amendments to the U.S. Constitution 150
B Court Cases Relevant to the Fourteenth Amendment 152
For Further Research 157
Index 160
