Law and Politics of Race Relations
1. In Heart of Atlanta Motel v.U.S ,the U.S.Supreme Court held that the Civil Rights Acts of 1964 was a proper exercise of federal legislative power under the U.S .Constitution.How was Congress power to regulate interstate commerce relevant to this decision ?
Law and Politics of Race Relations
2.In both Heart of Atlanta Motel and plessy v.Ferguson ,the court discussed reasonableness as being necessary for a law to be valid under the Fourteenth Amendment .How can reasonableness be the basis for upholding a law requiring segregation in plessy ,and a law condemning segregation in Heart of Atlanta Motel ?
Law and Politics of Race Relations
3.in Garner v.Louisiana,the plaintiffs were challenged their arrest . A.What did the plaintiffs do that led to their arrest ?
B.what argument did the state make to justify these arrests ?
4. In Garner ,why was the policy of segregation relevant,even though the law which was being enforced did not mandate segregation?
5.in his concurring opinion in Garner in 1961,justice Douglas considered whether the lunch counters were “private “property .How did the law change between the decision in the Civil Rights Cases and the decision in Heart of Atlanta Motel in regard to prohibiting discrimination on privately owned property ?
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