was quoted so often during the debates over the 14th amendment as you describe in your book on john bingham james madison of the 14th amendment and then in a moment, i'm gonna ask you walter what the influence of this decision was on chief. justice chase during the civil war so bush road road washington says in 1823. we feel no hesitation and confining these expressions to privileges and immunities which are in their nature fundamental which belong of right to the citizens of all three governments what these fundamental principles are it would perhaps be more tedious than difficult to enumerate they may however and this is the sentence that was always quoted be comprehended under the following general heads protection by the government the enjoyment of life and liberty with the right to acquire and possess property of every kind and to pursue and obtain happiness and safety subject nevertheless to such restraints as the government. they just they prescribed for the general good as a whole. i'm speaking with excitement here because i'd forgotten because i haven't read this pause for a bit th

in the debates over the 14th amendment as you described in your book on john bingham and james madison, the 14th amendment. i will ask you, walter, with the influence of the decision was on chief justice chase during the civil war. pushrod washington says in 1823, we feel no hesitation in confronting these expressions, privileges and immunities, which are in their nature fundamental which belongs to the citizens of offered governments. what these principles are have to be more tedious and difficult to enumerate. this is what is always quoted. comprehended under the following general tenants, protection by the government, enjoyment of life and liberty with the right to acquire and possess property of every kind and pursue and obtain happiness and safety, subject over the last two grants from the government as a whole. i am speaking with excitement here because i had forgotten because of not read this clause, the right to pursue happiness and safety is itself considered a privilege of immunity and citizenship and the natural law of philosophy of the declaration, amazing. so walter, chief

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john bingham from ohio actually wrote the 14th amendment. george pendleton as we've seen a democrat from cincinnati he ends up writing the civil service act. so the question though is not okay, so there's a whole bunch of guys from ohio. so what? well, the question is really why? why ohio? and that is a really important question. the one i really want you to take away from this, not that there are a bunch of ohio presidents, but why ohio and? we've already talked about a lot of these issues that are probably responsive before this first demographics. we've already talked about this. we've seen how ohio rose become the third largest state in the country by the 1840s. so just by sheer force of numbers, the state would have a leg up. but this alone explain it all new york and pennsylvania had more people but they didn't the same record. what else is true ohio's politic population it comes from. it's not just how it's where they're as we've seen ohio the first state carved out of the public system and ohio drew its population from all over the c