...it was Intended tor the benefit of the negroes that the Supreme Court long doubted whether any act not directed by way of discrimination against the negroes as a class would ever be held to come within its purview.4 In time, however, its application was extended to discriminations...

...In the same case the court, referring to the fourteenth amendment, said that •• if the States do not conform their laws to its requirements, then by...authorized to enforce it by suitable legislation." The purpose and effect of the two sections of the fourteenth amendment above quoted were clearly defined...

...court, referring to the fourteenth amendment, said that " if the States do not conform their laws toils requirements, then by the fifth section of the article...authorized to enforce it by suitable legislation." The purpose and effect of the two sections of the fourteenth amendment above quoted were clearly defined...

...them as a class, was the evil to be remedied by this clause, and by it such laws are forbidden. But if the States did not conform their laws to its requirements, then by the fifth section of the article Congress was authorized to enforce it by suitable legislation. We doubt very much whether any action...

...if not exclusively, for the protection of the rights of the freedmen, and doubt is expressed as to whether "any action of a State not directed by way of discrimination against the negroes on account of their race, will ever be held to come within the purview of this provision." It is also...

...this clause, and by it such laws are .forbidden. If, however, the States did not conform their Inws to its requirements, then by the fifth section of...against the negroes as a class, or on account of their nice, will ever be held to come within the purview of this provision. "It will be seen from the above...

...against them as a class, was the evil to be remedied by this clwge, and by it such lawa are forbidden. If, however, the States did not conform their laws...its requirements, then by the fifth section of the snide ot amendment Congress was authorized to enforce it by suitable legislation. We doubt very much...

...if not exclusively, for the protection of the rights of the freedmen, and doubt is expressed as to whether "any action of a State not directed by way of discrimination against the negroes on account of their race, will ever be held to come within the purview of this provision." It is also...

...case. In the same case, the court, referring to the fourteenth amendment, said that "if the states do not conform their laws to its requirements, then by...authorized to enforce it by suitable legislation." The purpose and effect of the two sections of the fourteenth amendment above quoted were clearly defined...

...the exercise of the elective franchise on account of race, color or previous condition of servitude. Any action of a state, not directed by way of discrimination against the negro as a class, or on account of race, does not come within either amendment. These propositions...