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\nProfessors Randy Barnett and Evan Bernick argued that the 14th Amendment, which gave the federal judiciary and Congress new powers over the states, has been misinterpreted by conservative and liberal judges alike since its adoption in 1868. View video<\/a><\/p>\n
U.S. Supreme Court 1873 Slaughterhouse Cases<\/h2>\n
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Professor Randy Barnett talked about the U.S. Supreme Court Slaughterhouse Cases. In the series of cases, the Supreme Court upheld a monopoly of slaughterhouses in New Orleans to protect public health and sanitation. The Slaughterhouse Cases were the first cases in which the court commented on the meaning of the 14th Amendment. View video<\/a>.<\/p>\n Law professors Randy Barnett of Georgetown University and Richard Primus of the University of Michigan explored different interpretations of the U.S. Constitution. They are introduced by Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. The event in the Supreme Court chamber was co-hosted by the Supreme Court Historical Society and the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. View video<\/a>.<\/p>\n Professor Randy Barnett talked about his book\u00a0Our Republican Constitution: Securing the Liberty and Sovereignty of We the People<\/i>, in which he argues that the disagreement between Democrats and Republicans is based on their differing interpretations of the Constitution and the meaning of the phrase \u201cWe the People.\u201d View video<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Supreme Court Historical Society hosts a discussion among authors and academics on the 1905 U.S. Supreme Court case Lochner v. New York. In the decision, the Court ruled a New York law limiting the number of hours a baker could work violated the Fourteenth Amendment\u2019s guaranteed \u201cliberty of contract.\u201d The decision ushered in what\u2019s know in legal history as the \u201cLochner Era,\u201d with the Court striking down many state and federal regulations on working conditions over a three decade period. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer introduces this event. View video<\/a>.<\/p>\n Q&A Randy Barnett and Evan Bernick Professors Randy Barnett and Evan Bernick argued that the 14th Amendment, which gave the federal judiciary and Congress new powers over the states, has […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6083,"featured_media":0,"parent":905,"menu_order":15,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":"","_tec_slr_enabled":"","_tec_slr_layout":""},"class_list":["post-1127","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"ticketed":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/constitution-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/constitution-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/constitution-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/constitution-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6083"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/constitution-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1127"}],"version-history":[{"count":38,"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/constitution-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1127\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3096,"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/constitution-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1127\/revisions\/3096"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/constitution-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/constitution-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Constitutional Interpretation<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nOur Republican Constitution<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nLochner V. New York Supreme Court Case<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nRestoring the Lost Constitution<\/h2>\n
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\nProfessor Randy Barnett talked about his book, Restoring the Lost Constitution: The Presumption of Liberty, in which he argues that for many decades, U.S. courts have failed uphold the parts of the Constitution that protect our liberties. This interview, part of Book TV\u2019s College Series, was recorded at Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, DC. View video<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"