Background
Karst, Kenneth Leslie was born on June 26, 1929 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Son of Harry Everett and Sydnie Pauline (Bush) Karst.
(Who are the real citizens of America? Which people truly ...)
Who are the real citizens of America? Which people truly qualify for equality under the law? Two hundred years ago, an honest answer to these questions would have excluded not only women, slaves, and Indians, but also Germans, Scotch-Irish, Catholics, and Jews. Yet the Declaration of Independence expresses a profound commitment to the ideal of equal citizenship. Throughout their history Americans have simultaneously believed in equality and accepted the subordination of groups of people--and both views have been reflected in American law. In this lively and original book a leading constitutional law scholar shows how American law has both reflected and defined what it means to be an American, to "belong to America." Kenneth L. Karst shows that the ideal of equal citizenship has long been a vital part of the culture of American public life, and tells a powerful story about how the idea of equality has developed in America, providing courtroom examples that range from Dred Scott to Brown versus Board of Education, from affimative action to gender discrimination, and from the treatment of American Indians to the status of Christianity. Karst explores the psychological impact of discrimination on those who have been its victims--who, in one way or another, have been told by society that they do not belong. And he argues that the principle of equal citizenship can and should guide the nation's future just as it has shaped its past.
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Karst, Kenneth Leslie was born on June 26, 1929 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Son of Harry Everett and Sydnie Pauline (Bush) Karst.
Bachelor of Arts, University of California at Los Angeles, 1950; Bachelor of Laws, Harvard University, 1953.
Association, Latham & Watkins, Los Angeles, 1954, 56-57; teaching fellow law, Harvard University Law School, 1957-1958; assistant professor, Ohio State University College Law, Columbus, 1958-1960; associate professor, Ohio State University College Law, Columbus, 1960-1962; professor, Ohio State University College Law, Columbus, 1962-1965; professor of law, University of California at Los Angeles, 1965-1990; David G. Price and Dallas P. Price professor of law, University of California at Los Angeles, since 1990.
(Who are the real citizens of America? Which people truly ...)
( Who are the real citizens of America? Which people trul...)
Served to First lieutenant Judge Advocate General Corps, United States Air Force, 1954-1956. Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences. Member State Bar California.
Married Smiley Cook, August 12, 1950. Children— Kenneth Robert, Richard Eugene, Leslie Jeanne, Laura Smiley.