[philman_36]

The law is what was passed and subsequently interpreted by courts.

Laws are upheld by the courts they don't interpret them. They can read the intent from the debates.

And I correct myself. My great links are to the Congressional Record pages of the debates.

As a matter of fact...here ya go...
14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Primary Documents in American History

[philman_36]

Now what you do is you go through the pages looking for Rep. John Bingham like I have in the past.
You may remember him from reply 28.
And you can read all of the nice things he had to say.

Did you want some exact pages or do you want to try it yourself?