The Supreme Court's Complicity in the Civil War Amendments

The court stepped in more than once to prevent the federal government from protecting the rights of black people in the south. The 14th and 15th amendments empower Congress to do just that, but they're aimed squarely at the states. And so these amendments actually create a new enumerated power for Congress to legislate. We will talk about how complicit the Supreme Court actually was in all of this.