One of the arguments in Plessy is that states are free to impose their “moral standards” on classes of citizens without federal interference. That logic remind you of any other recent rulings? https://bsky.app/profile/jbouie.bsky.social/post/3ktabezvrb22m
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jamelle
one thing to remember is that the central holding in plessy v. ferguson was not “segregation good” but that the constitution neither recognized social inequality as a fact in the world nor gave courts the power to remedy it. the constitution, under plessy, could neither see nor touch racism.
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