Author Meets Readers: Mark Graber’s Punish Treason, Reward Loyalty, The Forgotten Goals of Constitutional Reform after the Civil War

Session Submission Type: Roundtable

Brief Overview

Graber’s Punish Treason, Reward Loyalty redirects attention to what 14th Amendment framers considered its heart: assuring ongoing control of the federal government by Unionists and excluding rebel rule. Roundtable scholars assess these claims.

Section

• 54. Politics & History

Cosponsor

• 01. Program Chairs

Chair

• Carol Nackenoff, Swarthmore College

Participants

• Sanford Levinson, The University of Texas at Austin

• Alison LaCroix, The University of Chicago

• Susan Burgess, Ohio University-Main Campus

• William Baude, The University of Chicago

• Carol Nackenoff, Swarthmore College

• Mark A. Graber, University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law