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Slaughterhouse Cases

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A quick definition of Slaughterhouse Cases:

The Slaughterhouse Cases were a group of legal cases that went to the US Supreme Court in 1873. The Court decided that the Fourteenth Amendment to the US Constitution only protected the rights of people who were US citizens, not the rights of people who were citizens of a particular state. The Court also said that the rights of US citizens were limited and did not include civil rights. Some people disagreed with this decision and said that it made the Fourteenth Amendment meaningless.

A more thorough explanation:

The Slaughterhouse Cases refer to a decision made by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1873. It involved a series of cases where the Court interpreted the privileges and immunities clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.

The Court's interpretation of the clause was that it protected the rights of people based on their U.S. citizenship, rather than their citizenship of a specific state. However, the Court defined these rights narrowly and excluded civil rights.

This decision has been criticized by some as rendering the clause meaningless.

For example, if a person is a U.S. citizen, they have the right to vote in federal elections. However, the Slaughterhouse Cases suggest that this right does not extend to state elections.

Overall, the Slaughterhouse Cases limited the scope of the privileges and immunities clause and had a significant impact on civil rights in the United States.

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got a random stanford email and almost had a heart attack
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Miami A, yall I'm so excited I could cry.
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Feel like I can finally stop holding my breath!! Whew!!!
[] baddestbunny
22:16
every time I get accosted by a strange man who follows me around because my male coworkers were too busy talking to walk me back to my car I get closer to saying we need to bring back traditional gender roles
Dkk
22:32
Nice! @Macaque
Dkk
22:32
@Aromatic, Have to guess.
Dkk
22:33
That sucks @Bunny do you have to go to the hospital?
[] baddestbunny
22:40
I said accosted not assaulted
23:35
guys. my notre dame address just went long is this good or bad
1a2b3c4d26z
23:37
Oooooo me too
23:37
omg is this good or bad
Dkk
23:47
Idk if gender roles are gunna fix that then.
23:49
it looks like most people who applied in october last cycle didn't get a decision until january... does it even mean anything that our addresses went long??
hows ED 2 compared to ED 1?
Dkk
0:10
No idea
windyMagician
0:34
reporting live to say my ndls address also went long
does it mean anything ^
Dkk
2:21
NDLS and Fordham took a very long time last year. It's good info for people to know.
[] baddestbunny
4:29
let’s get after it boys and girls
Dkk
5:21
I gtg to bed soon.
Dkk
5:22
Big day today. Gunna be a crazy one. I will sleep through the first half.
good morning lsd it is 5 am EST
also jazzy my ndls address went long ages ago i sadly do not think it means anything
my stanford address also went long LOL i think at most it's an indicator it's under review
WorthlessAttractiveZombie
7:44
My berkeley paragraph finally disappeared. I definitely think it is just an indicator that they are actively reviewing files, and does not mean anything about A, WL, or Rs
WorthlessAttractiveZombie
7:46
Also has anyone's date disappeared for W&L? Mine did last night
7:55
@WorthlessAttractiveZombie: mine did yesterday morning
7:56
Oops sorry I meant Vilanova. Mine disappeared last week
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