SOCIOL 2309 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Earl Warren, Equal Protection Clause
29 Apr 2017
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Week 6 notes: goals for the week, background- plessy vs ferguson. He made the argument for a colorblind justice. Civil war had thousands of people of color who fought. Now you want to come back and have segregation: separate but equal! The rules was constitutional: train cars allows one to sit in the certain parts of the train cars. Not only need a legal issue but make a powerful argument that they change their mind to support you. Precedent favors segregation: court initially leaning towards upholding plessy, 2 or 3 justices who would overturn. However, jackson argued for it: ma(cid:396)shall"s ad(cid:448)e(cid:396)sa(cid:396)y- the very experienced john w. davis, good lawyer. He was impeccable for q and a before the case: each side is given 5 questions. Did they or did(cid:374)"t they: 1953- it is reheard however chief justice dies, earl warren- considerate at first and was appointed by eisenhower.
