 After Reconstruction. Chapter 4 in The U.S. Supreme Court and Racial Minorities, 2017, pp 118-188 from Edward Elgar Publishing Abstract: From March 1875 the U.S. Congress stopped passing civil rights laws, and in 1894 rolled back most existing ones. Meanwhile, executive branch through 1885 and the Waite Court through February1888 continued to uphold rights of racial minorities. President vetoed early efforts at Chinese exclusion and prosecuted southern racial violence. Waite Court upheld Indian rights in Ex Parte Crow Dog (1883), Asian rights in Yick Wo v. Hopkins (1886), and black jury rights and voting rights. Fuller Court years (March 1888–1910) were the post-Emancipation nadir for black Americans in all three branches (excepting Theodore Roosevelt Administration): blacks lost voting rights and jury rights throughout South. No branch stood up for Indian rights in 1885–1903 period, as Dawes Policy cost much of their land. Fuller Court often upheld rights of Chinese or Chinese Americans, and Indian rights in 1896, 1905 (twice), and 1908, but sometimes ruled against each. KEYWORDS: U.S. v. Harris (1883) Yick Wo v. Hopkins (1886) Major Crimes Act of 1885 Dawes Act of 1887 Fuller Court Chinese Exclusion Black disenfranchisement Keywords: Law - Academic; Politics and Public Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:elg:eechap:17747_4 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Chapters from Edward Elgar Publishing |
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