The History of the Civil Rights Act of 1871

Congress in 1871 passes section 1983, which allows people to sue states for constitutional violations. And then you have the Supreme Court a hundred years later stepping in to put their thumb on the side of less progress on civil rights. Just defying the will of one of the most important Congresses in the country's history,. The post-Civil War Congress. It gives a lot of power to federal courts while ensuring that the rights of the most marginalized people are completely ignored.