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Civil Rights and Ferguson / Garner
Posted on 12/3/14 at 11:44 pm
Posted on 12/3/14 at 11:44 pm
Could someone with legal expertise go into the details behind the federal government's jurisdiction into bringing civil rights investigations regarding these events? I'm admittedly not an attorney or constitutional scholar, so I'm curious about the technicalities of the legalities involved.
I'm not necessarily saying that I'm skeptical that they have jurisdiction, but I am curious where the federal government is given the power to do so. Thanks.
I'm not necessarily saying that I'm skeptical that they have jurisdiction, but I am curious where the federal government is given the power to do so. Thanks.
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Posted on 12/3/14 at 11:47 pm to TerryDawg03
I'll give you the cliff notes as I'm about to go to bed.
Congress passed the Enforcement Acts during Reconstruction so the Feds could have another enforcement mechanism to ensure the rights of blacks in case the Southern states wanted to frick around.
Your foundation is going to be 42 USC 1983 and I'll link the Wiki page detailing the history:
LINK
Congress passed the Enforcement Acts during Reconstruction so the Feds could have another enforcement mechanism to ensure the rights of blacks in case the Southern states wanted to frick around.
Your foundation is going to be 42 USC 1983 and I'll link the Wiki page detailing the history:
LINK
This post was edited on 12/3/14 at 11:48 pm
Posted on 12/3/14 at 11:55 pm to boosiebadazz
Should have figured it would go back to Reconstruction.
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