No state shall abridge : the fourteenth amendment and the Bill of Rights

Forward viiAcknowledgments xiIntroduction 1Chapter 1 - From the Revolution to the Bill of Rights and Beyond 18Chapter 2 - The Historical Background of the Fourteenth Amendment 26Chapter 3 - The Framing of the Fourteenth Amendment 57Chapter 4 - In Which Some Historical Arguments Against Application of the Bill of Rights to the States Are Analyzed 92Chapter 5 - The Amendment Before the States 131Chapter 6 - Congressional Interpretation 154Chapter 7 - The Amendment Before the Courts (Part One) 171Chapter 8 - The Amendment Before the Courts (Part Two) 197Conclusion 212 Notes 221Index 267