Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States
Dig: A History Podcast
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The Commerce Clause and the White Mob
In 1876, the Supreme Court overturned lower court's convictions against 97 members of the Ku Klux Klan. The justices ruled that the enforcement acts applied only to actions by the state, not by individuals. So what this ruling did was essentially prohibited the federal government's ability to prosecute hate crimes committed against African Americans.
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