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Originally posted by Iron Steve
We might not have needed the civil rights act were it not for decades of Southern Democrats subverting the results of the Republican prosecuted Civil War and the intent of 14th and 15th Amendments.
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Plessy was decided by decided by six Republican appointees and three Democratic appointees:
Chief Justice Melville Fuller, appointed by Grover Cleveland, a Democrat
Justice Stephen Field, appointed by Lincoln
Justice Horace Gray, appointed by Chester Arthur, a Republican
Justice John Harlan, appointed by Rutherford Hayes, a Republican
Justice David Brewer, appointed by Benjamin Harrison, a Republican
Justice Henry Brown, appointed by Harrison
Justice George Shiras, Jr., appointed by Harrison
Justice Edward White, appointed by Cleveland
Justice Rufus Peckham, appointed by Cleveland
Though Harlan gets mad props for dissenting.
