Taonga Leslie 11/15/21 Taonga Leslie 11/15/21

The Second Founding and the First Amendment

“This Article makes a novel contribution to the literature regarding the Second Founding by centering enslaved persons’ voices as constitutional actors whose views on freedom of speech matter.”

Taonga Leslie 5/28/19 Taonga Leslie 5/28/19

Neglected Stories: The Constitution and Family Values

In a powerful challenge to the belief that the Constitution has nothing to do with the individual freedoms that comprise family rights, Peggy Cooper Davis argues in Neglected Stories that the constitutional amendments after the Civil War reflect a profound appreciation of the political, social, and personal worth of family autonomy.

The Second Founding and the First Amendment

Neglected Stories: The Constitution and Family Values

“We, the people”—not we, the white people—not we, the citizens, or the legal voters—not we, the privileged class— but we, the people—the men and women, do ordain and establish this Constitution”