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The abuses which were formerly heaped on the citizens of one State by the legislative and judicial authority of another State were rendered thenceforth impossible.
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gutenberg.orgJames Blaine: “The abuses which were formerly heaped on the citizens of one State by the legislative and judicial authority of another…”
Editor's note · Context
Blaine states that the Fourteenth Amendment eliminated previous abuses of state authority over citizens from other states.
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