[Ken H]

The best discussion of the Privileges or Immunities Clause I have come across is the dissent by Justice Thomas in Saenz v Roe. Excerpt:

Because I believe that the demise of the Privileges or Immunities Clause has contributed in no small part to the current disarray of our Fourteenth Amendment jurisprudence, I would be open to reevaluating its meaning in an appropriate case.

http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/historics/USSC_CR_0526_0489_ZD1.html

[marktwain]

Exactly. You cannot read the plain meaning of the 14th amendment, and then read the history of the slaughterhouse cases and the violation of our rights as individuals and citizens since then, without cringing at the gross conspiracy of those in power to deny us our natural rights in order to maintain government power at both the State and Federal levels.