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Sweatt v. Painter (1950)

Posted on November 10, 2010 by kevinjohnston

Klarman introduces Sweatt v. Painter (1950) as one of two cases “instrumental to desegregating higher education in the border states and the peripheral South” (253). The case led to the desegregation of the University of Texas, and set a precedent … Continue reading →

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Cumming v. Richmond County Board of Education (1899)

Posted on November 2, 2010 by kevinjohnston

In Klarman’s book From Jim Crow to Civil Rights: The Supreme Court and the Struggle for Racial Equality (New York, 2004), the case Cumming v Richmond County Board of Education (1899) is identified as “[t]he Plessy era Court’s only case … Continue reading →

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Anchor babies in America

Posted on October 13, 2010 by kevinjohnston

Professor Peter Schuck of Yale Law school creates an argument for birthright citizenship in his op-ed to the NY Times on 13 August 2010, that uses a legal foundation,  and offers a pragmatic solution to the question of ‘anchor babies’. He … Continue reading →

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