John Payton, president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, in an interview with ACS, says the federal cases that “anchor” our understanding of the Constitution’s 14th Amendment should be relegated to a “little pigeonhole in the past.” Following a recent panel discussion, co-hosted by ACS, regarding the evolution of the Civil War or Reconstruction Amendments, Payton talked with ACS about the hope for reviving the 14th Amendment’s protection of equal rights for all Americans. Video of the interview is below.
