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re: Best and worst ever SCOTUS decisions
Posted on 10/1/20 at 5:00 pm to LSURussian
Posted on 10/1/20 at 5:00 pm to LSURussian
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Plessy
Actually, as bad as that decision was, Dred Scott was worse. It contributed significantly to the start of the Civil War.
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Posted on 10/1/20 at 5:08 pm to beachdude
quote:Dred Scott was based on existing constitutional recognition of slavery. The only way the Dred Scott decision could have gone the other way was to declare the slavery part of the constitution unconstitutional.
Actually, as bad as that decision was, Dred Scott was worse. It contributed significantly to the start of the Civil War.
Plessy created blacks as legally second class citizens. Jim Crow could have been avoided if not for Plessy.
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