[Ohioan]

The Fourteenth Amendment was never properly ratified. It has been an embarrassment in Conservative legal circles, throughout my lifetime. It is the reason for the Abortion decision; the reason for the same sex marriage decision; the reason for Federal meddling in State efforts to put limitations on majority rule--such as having one Legislative House being based on areas not merely on population numbers. It is the "justification" for preventing religious observances on public property, denying in school prayer, and allowing Federal Courts to order social engineering in local schools, etc..

The late David Lawrence--Editor & Publisher of U.S. News & World Report--one of the few great journalists of the middle of the last century, repeatedly tried to draw attention to the scandalous history of the "Amendment" as the illegal & destructive thing that it was.

Your attack on Cruz is unwarranted. He is simply trying to avoid an issue that will be misunderstood--greatly misunderstood, if simply raised in a discussion with a show-boating, Miss Kelly.

[Arthur McGowan]

Since all the freed slaves are now deceased, the amendment should be repealed.