States of Union: Family and Change in the American Constitutional Order

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States of Union ConStitUtional thinking Jeffrey k. tUliS and Sanford levinSon, editorS States of Union family and Change in the american Constitutional order Mark e. Brandon University Press of kansas © 2013 by the University Press of Kansas All rights reserved Published by the University Press of Kansas (Lawrence, Kansas 66045), which was organized by the Kansas Board of Regents and is operated and funded by Emporia State University, Fort Hays State University, Kansas State University, Pittsburg State University, the University of Kansas, and Wichita State University Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Brandon, Mark E. States of union : family and change in the American constitutional order / Mark E. Brandon. pages cm. — (Constitutional Thinking) Includes bibliographical references and index. eISBN 978-0-7006-1976-4 (e-book) 1. Domestic relations—United States—History. 2. Constitutional history—United States. I. Title. KF505.B73 2013 346.7301—dc23 2013019105 British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data is available. Printed in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 The paper used in this publication is recycled and contains 30 percent postconsumer waste. It is acid free and meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials Z39.48–1992. dedicated to my son evan and to the memory of Walter f. Murphy ...