After the passage of the 14th Amendment, the Supreme Court in Butchers' Benevolent Association of New Orleans v. Crescent City Livestock Landing and Slaughter-House Company (1872) refused to implement the Amendment and protect the rights of the citizens. Why did the Supreme Court refuse to implement the 14th Amendment and how did this impact the intentions of the Framers of the 14th?
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Rather, they interpreted it in a way that limited its scope. The Court ruled that the 14th Amendment's Privileges or Immunities Clause, which states that "No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the Show more…
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