CRM/LAW C10 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Strict Scrutiny, Little Rock Nine, Grutter V. Bollinger
1 Jun 2016
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1868 voting rights guaranteed by amendment but denied in practice. Equal protection guaranteed by amendment, but interpreted in 1896 to allow segregation until it was re-interpreted in 1954 to forbid segregation. In the excerpt from derrick bell"s book, and we are not saved, bell imagines the framers of the. Established a principle used to end all forms of government-mandated racial segregation. An example of judicial review to protect a constitutional right. 14th amendment equal protection clause: nor shall any state deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. Slow and deliberate efforts to desegregate schools: de facto vs. de jure segregation. De facto: actual (outside of just legal) De jure: legal: controversies over compulsory busing. Court strikes down most other types of government-enforced racial discrimination. Little rock nine admitted to segregated high school. Segregationist groups blockade school: governor of arkansas deploys national guard to help keep students out.
