Submited By: zaur nagiev on 05/24/2006
Even with all of the good intentions and ideals expressed in the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments, blacks watched as their freedom disintegrated through the late 19th Century as a result of the Supreme Court decisions that limited the implications of the new amendments. After the passage of these amendments, two of the three branches of government disconnected themselves with the issue of black civil rights.
Following Grant s a successful political tool in the Southern arena. Although the official title was gone, the whites had managed to reassert their status as masters to the Southern Blacks through scare tactics and economic policies . The Supreme Court between 1873 and 1898 expressed the weakness to resisting racism in all areas of the nation through its successive decisions. The Court prompted discrimination by implying that if blacks wanted legal protection, they would ... citizen s across the country, but was especially damning to the Southern blacks.
The amount of racism thriving in the Southern states made any chances of the State support of Black rights virtually nil. The Supreme Court supported the Southerners push for black social subordination, when in 1883 the Civil Rights Act of 1875 was nullified. That decision limited the interpretation of the 14th Amendment, applying its jurisdiction over state.
The Supreme Court Decision of Roe vs Wade It has been over a quarter of a century since the Supreme Court made it?s controversial ruling in the case of Roe vs Wade. From that day forth, that ruling changed the lives of many, and still has repercussions that affect people everywhere.
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