Reconstruction-era

On January 21, 1901 George Henry White, the last of these Reconstruction-era members of congress, said:

Matthew Yglesias » Phoenix-Like 2009

The pity is that, out of respect for its Reconstruction-era precedent, the Supreme Court chose to uphold it as an exercise of its Commerce Clause power rather than either Section 5 or Section 2 of the Thirteenth, although we forget that some of the Warren Court justices protested that Section 5 was the better the basis for the decision.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Advice to Rand Paul re: Civil Rights Act of 1964 2010

On Monday, March 26, the Court will hear an hour of argument over whether a Reconstruction-era federal statute, the Anti-Injunction Act, bars the justices from making a decision on the individual mandate's constitutionality until after the provision goes into effect in 2014.

Obama Health Care Law: Supreme Court Sets Dates To Hear Oral Arguments 2011

How many Texans does it take to decide whether a university dormitory should be named for a Reconstruction-era Klansman?

The Volokh Conspiracy » The Bernardine Dohrn of the early 20th century: The terrorist professor at U of Texas law school 2010

After the end of the Civil War there were, for a time, various African-American members of congress elected from the Reconstruction-era South.

Matthew Yglesias » Phoenix-Like 2009

Many romanticize the Reconstruction-era Klan as the good, righteous KKK that kept order and was not racist.

Dr. Tom Russell: Professor's Paper Targets Klan Reference on U. of Texas Dorm ... And Gets Action Dr. Tom Russell 2010

Brown would not have had such central importance had the Reconstruction-era amendments been enforced according to their original meaning.

David Souter's Bad Constitutional History Michael B. Rappaport 2010

How many Texans does it take to decide whether a university dormitory should be named for a Reconstruction-era Klansman?

The Volokh Conspiracy » The Bernardine Dohrn of the early 20th century: The terrorist professor at U of Texas law school 2010

"Manifestations like these have appeared in the U.S. at such times before," he told me, "most obviously in the 1880s and early 1890s," when a sustained period of economic stagnation coincided with the abandonment of the Reconstruction-era commitment to civil rights, the widespread adoption of anti-Chinese legislation and a nationwide wave of lynchings directed not only at blacks, but also Catholics and immigrants.

Anchor babies, the Ground Zero mosque and other scapegoats 2010

"Manifestations like these have appeared in the U.S. at such times before," he told me, "most obviously in the 1880s and early 1890s," when a sustained period of economic stagnation coincided with the abandonment of the Reconstruction-era commitment to civil rights, the widespread adoption of anti-Chinese legislation and a nationwide wave of lynchings directed not only at blacks, but also Catholics and immigrants.

Anchor babies, the Ground Zero mosque and other scapegoats 2010