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To: minus_273
plessy vs fergesun and dredscott were both precident.

And the court respected those descions prior to overturning them.

61 posted on 09/13/2005 12:31:13 PM PDT by Always Right
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To: Always Right
[plessy vs fergesun and dredscott were both precident.]

And the court respected those descions prior to overturning them.

Dred Scott was never overturned by any subsequent decision of the supreme court. It was superseded by the 14th amendment.

Plessy, contrary to popular misconception, was not overturned by Brown vs Board of Education. If you read the opinion in Brown, you'll see that it went through contortions to try to explain why Plessy wasn't controlling in that instance. Subsequent to that, Plessy was largely if not entirely superseded by federal civil rights legislation.

73 posted on 09/13/2005 1:03:09 PM PDT by inquest (FTAA delenda est)
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