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===== The Lamp of Experience: Constitutional Amendments Work ===== | ===== The Lamp of Experience: Constitutional Amendments Work ===== | ||
**Robert Natelson, Independence Institute’s Senior Fellow in Constitutional Jurisprudence and Head of the Institute’s Article V Information Center** | **Robert Natelson, Independence Institute’s Senior Fellow in Constitutional Jurisprudence and Head of the Institute’s Article V Information Center** | ||
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In 1857, the Court issued //Dred Scott v. Sandford//, in which it erroneously interpreted the Constitution to deny citizenship to African Americans. The Citizenship Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment reversed that case. | In 1857, the Court issued //Dred Scott v. Sandford//, in which it erroneously interpreted the Constitution to deny citizenship to African Americans. The Citizenship Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment reversed that case. | ||
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In this case, the lamp of experience sheds light unmistakably bright and clear: Constitutional amendments work. | In this case, the lamp of experience sheds light unmistakably bright and clear: Constitutional amendments work. | ||
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