Ian Millhiser
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“In many states, voters didn’t get to choose their own members of Congress. Members of Congress got to choose their own voters.”
― Injustices: The Supreme Court's History of Comforting the Comfortable and Afflicting the Afflicted
― Injustices: The Supreme Court's History of Comforting the Comfortable and Afflicting the Afflicted
“In another opinion, Field mocked the very idea that African Americans cannot constitutionally be excluded from juries. If black people had such a right, Field chided, then states would have to give the same right to women!”
― Injustices: The Supreme Court's History of Comforting the Comfortable and Afflicting the Afflicted
― Injustices: The Supreme Court's History of Comforting the Comfortable and Afflicting the Afflicted
“In 1923, one state tried to do just that by enacting a law providing that “in no event shall a negro be eligible to participate in a Democratic party primary election held in the State of Texas”—though this first attempt to suppress the black vote did not end well for Texas.”
― Injustices: The Supreme Court's History of Comforting the Comfortable and Afflicting the Afflicted
― Injustices: The Supreme Court's History of Comforting the Comfortable and Afflicting the Afflicted
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