Abstract
Part I of this brief essay discusses Dred Scott and the Court's acceptance of tiered citizenship and tiered personhood. Part II discusses the Reconstruction Amendments as a response to tiered citizenship and tiered personhood. Part III notes two issues-felon disfranchisement and the treatment of detainees in the War on Terror-that help illuminate tiered citizenship and tiered personhood and help us evaluate the conditions under which citizenship and personhood rights may be restricted without creating tiers of citizenship and tiers of personhood.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2007
Recommended Citation
Henry L. Chambers, Jr., Dred Scott: Tiered Citizenship And Tiered Personhood, 82 Chi.-Kent L. Rev. 209 (2007).