This is the central line when I teach the History of Human Rights: rights rhetoric and discussions move forward meaningfully when new groups pry their way in to make the case that they should always have belonged.
Melissa K Byrnes
@jamellebouie.net 's column today is a timely reminder that the US Constitution's meaning was never only set by political elites like SCOTUS. If one survey's US history, the record is replete with non-elite men and women arguing about how the Constitution can include & respect them. 1/
