Responsive Constitutionalism and the Idea of Dignity
“The Reconstruction Amendments responded to slavery—not only in the sense that they were intended to address the harms done to enslaved people, but also (and, I think, more importantly) in the sense that they were intended to universalize human freedom and define human freedom in contrast to slavery.”
Abolition Constitutionalism
“[We should consider the abolitionist history of the Reconstruction Amendments as a usable past to help move toward a radical future.”