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Paul Finkelman

Visiting Professor, University of Toledo Law School & President William McKinley Distinguished Professor of Law and Public Policy, Emeritus, Albany Law School.

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America’s ‘Great Chief Justice’ Was an Unrepentant Slaveholder

John Marshall not only owned people; he owned many of them, and aggressively bought them when he could.

by Paul Finkelman via The Atlantic on June 15, 2021

Birthright Citizenship, Slave Trade Legislation, and the Origins of Federal Immigration Regulation

Opponents of birthright citizenship say there weren't any “illegal aliens” when the 14th Amendment was drafted. They're wrong.

by Gabriel Chin, Paul Finkelman via UC Davis Law Review on April 9, 2021

Original Sin: The Electoral College as a Pro-Slavery Tool

Slave states gave us the Electoral College; we should get rid of this vestige of the so-called peculiar institution.

by Paul Finkelman via Los Angeles Review of Books on December 19, 2016