[steve-b]

Article IV, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution (written way before the 14th amendment) says: "The citizens of each state shall be entitled to all privileges and immunities of citizens in the several states." Well, if "privileges and immunities" are the first eight amendments

I will leave it as an exersize for the class to explain why it was impossible for the writer of Article IV, Section 2 to have expressed an intent that referred to the text of Amendments I-VIII, and yet perfectly possible for Bingham to have expressed that intent using the same phrase.

[robertpaulsen]

Plus, Article IV, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution was drafted well before there was thought of adding a Bill of Rights.

Privileges and immunities did not and do not refer to the Bill of Rights. I previously explained exactly what were the privileges and immunities of "citizens of the State" , and what were the privileges and immunities of "citizens of the United States".