Re:Court: Suspicionless Searches of Travelers’ Phones and La...
by jvanderbot on Wednesday November 13, 2019 @01:37PM
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Slavery and suffrage were eventually fixed. perhaps it's revisionist, but I'm told most founders wanted it one way, and wrote non binding language such as this, while punting legal battles to actually implement these principles in favor of diplomacy.
I agree with you, but when those words were written, slavery was still one of the cornerstones of the American economy and women didn't have the right to vote.
Should the protections afforded by the constitution apply to all people? Of course. But legally, the US has a longstanding tradition of denying certain rights to certain people.