Question

Justice John Harlan’s dissent to the court’s decision in Plessy v. Ferguson was based on what premise? Plessy was of mixed heritage.The Constitution is “color-blind.” The train cars were not “equal”.The judge’s verdict was biased.

Answer 1

The Constitution is “color-blind.”

Explanation:

• Plessy versus Ferguson was a landmark in the year 1896 US Supreme Court's decision which upheld the constitutionality of racial (blacks-whites) segregation under the “separate however equal” doctrine.
• The case was a case in 1892, where passenger Homer Plessy from African-American trains refused to sit in car for blacks . The Supreme Court ruled that a law which "implies only a legal distinction" between whites and blacks was not unconstitutional by denying Plessy's claim that his constitutional rights were violated. This led to the creation of oppressive Jim Crow laws and segregated public facilities based on race.
• In his dissent, Harlan argued that segregation violated the fundamental concept of equality according to law. He claimed that there is no superior, dominant and ruling class of people in this country, in the eyes of the constitution. This doesn't have any caste. Our Constitution is color-blind and doesn't recognize or accept people's classes. All people are equal before the law with respect to civil rights.

Answer 2

Answer:

The Constitution is “color-blind.”

Explanation:

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