Remembering the Ladies, Part 2 (LAW-CONST2)
Continuing the 'feminist Constitution' theme, this lecture traces the unwritten implications of the Nineteenth Amendment on marital domicile, the rise of political spouses, and presidential succession dynamics. It reinterprets Griswold and Roe in light of pre-suffrage enactment and connects jury service and office eligibility to equal political participation.
The Nineteenth Amendment says nothing about marriage, the First Lady, or juries, yet it reaches all of them. Akhil Reed Amar traces its unwritten implications.
Continuing the feminist Constitution, this lecture follows women's suffrage into rules of marital domicile, the rise of the political spouse from Eleanor Roosevelt onward, and the changed dynamics of presidential succession. Amar rereads Griswold and Roe as laws enacted before women could vote, and argues that jury service, eligibility for office, and the right to run for president all follow from the logic of equal political participation, closing with Abigail Adams's plea to remember the ladies.
Remembering the Ladies, Part 1 (LAW-CONST2)
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