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Ketanji Brown Jackson: The Reconstruction Amendments were an anticaste, antisubordination reset for the Nation, not a mere spot treatment for…

On the recordJuly 1, 2026
The Reconstruction Amendments were an anticaste, antisubordination reset for the Nation, not a mere spot treatment for the dark stain of slavery.
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Ketanji Brown Jackson

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Explaining the significance of the 14th Amendment.

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