...the civil rights amendments and statutes is clearly indicated by Justice Brown's majority opinion. The object of the Fourteenth Amendment was "undoubtedly...absolute equality of the two races before the law," he conceded. But he added : Legislation is powerless to eradicate racial instincts or to abolish distinctions...

...-citizens of the United States, as distinguished from those of citizens of the States. The object of the amendment was undoubtedly to enforce the absolute equality of the two races before the law. bat the nature of things it could not have been intended to abolish distinctions based upon color,...

...previous testimony I could not follow that idea. The 14th amendment, as was stated in the Plessy case, was to enforce the absolute equality of the two races before the law, but had nothing to do with education. This amendment was a restriction on the powers of the States. In...

...colored persons on railroads operating within the State. The Court conceded that the object of the 14th amendment "was undoubtedly to enforce the absolute equality of the two races before the law" but refused to read into the amendment any intent "to enforce social, as distinguished from political,...

...Court, through Mr. Justice Brown, gave its view of the object of the 14th Amendment : "The object or the amendment was undoubtedly to enforce the absolute...not have been Intended to abolish distinctions based on color, or to enforce social, as distinguished from political, equality, or a commingling of the...

..."tt» ol'f ' of the amendment was undoubtedly to enforce the absolute equality of the two r • • before the law, but. in the nature of things, it could not Imve Ix-en 'intended to «f"' distinctions based on color, or to enforce social, as distinguished from...

...settled the question against Taney, Justice Brown was still able to argue that while "the object of the amendment was undoubtedly to enforce the absolute equality of the two races before the law,"9 that object did not demand the abolition of all distinctions based upon color. Laws might permit...

...rest of the Justicea disagreed with Justice Harlan'a view of the Fourteenth Amendment, concluding that "in the nature of things it could not have been intended to abolish distinctions based on color . . . ." id. at 544. Thus, the Supreme Court ruled that Mr. Flessey, who was one-eighth black,...

...notorious decision in Plessy v. Ferguson? 1 The object of the Fourteenth Amendment, the Court conceded, was "undoubtedly to enforce the absolute equality of the two races before the law, but," the Court continued, "in the nature of things it could not have been intended to abolish distinctions...

...that the Louisiana statute did not run afoul of these proscriptions: The object of the tFourteenth1 amendment was undoubtedly to enforce the absolute...social, as distinguished from political equality, . . . Laws permitting, and even requiring, their separation in places where they are liable to be brought...