GOVT 1111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Equal Protection Clause, Residential Segregation In The United States, Desegregation
12 Jun 2016
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American civil rights & the struggle for racial equality: policy achievements, policy legacies. Civil rights: legal & moral claims that citizens are entitled to make on government; positive rights/freedoms (this is distinct from civil liberties) American version: shaped by 14th amendment, equal protection clause. Shaped by their unique development in u. s. law and its interpretation scope and limits of the rights revolution. Low-income people aren"t a group protected under the 14th amendment: you cannot sue because you"re discriminated for being poor. Dred scott v. sandford 1857 civil war: most notorious supreme court case, because you"re born a slave, you cannot go to court because you"re not free even when you move to a free state. 14th amendment: equal protection of laws, due process of laws. Equal protection clause of the 14th amendment & civil right act of 1875 did not make racial discrimination illegal. Backward movement, halting progress: from plessy v. ferguson 1896 to jim crow.
