POLSCI 319 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Thirteenth Amendment To The United States Constitution, Equal Protection Clause, Fourteenth Amendment To The United States Constitution

• School: U of M
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLSCI 319
• Professor: Pamela Brandwein

Document Summary

The court believes that blacks are socially unequal by nature. The separation of races doesn"t make blacks unequal, it"s nature. If blacks enacted legal segregation, whites wouldn"t be unequal. This is logical from a racist ideology. The court says that if you put blacks and whites on the same playing field, it"s a degradation to the whites. Tourgee believes that blacks are totally equal by nature. The separation of races makes the inequality. This case establishes the legal construction of race. Plessy is gathering steam" for giles and hodges. The bans on interracial marriage use the same logic. The punishment for both races is the same, so it"s okay. They talk about marriage as a quasi-public institution to justify the. Isn"t the same because this deals with civil rights (jury duty) interfering. Only has to do with dc, isn"t applicable. There was a louisiana equal access law. The steamboat left louisiana and all interstate commerce is regulated by the state.