[okie01]

And John Bingham was neither a Supreme Court Justice authoring an opinion on the subject, nor was he a Founding Father; he was a Congressman.

His opinion is helpful...but not decisive.

[Godebert]

"And John Bingham was neither a Supreme Court Justice authoring an opinion on the subject, nor was he a Founding Father; he was a Congressman. His opinion is helpful...but not decisive."

He is also the principal framer of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.