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Reconstruction, Industrialization, and the Rise of the New Constitution: A Second Founding
See how the Civil War and Reconstruction shattered the original constitutional order. In this episode, we’ll explore the Fourteenth Amendment—how it transformed the Constitution from a pact among states into a charter of individual rights enforceable by the federal government. We’ll examine how industrialization and national markets created pressures that dual federalism couldn’t contain. And we’ll meet the Lochner Court—the judges who tried to protect economic liberty while
Oct 25, 20251 min read
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