Question

justice John Harlan’s dissent to the court’s decision in Plessy v. Ferguson was based on what premise?

Answer 1

Answer:

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

Answer 2

Justice John Harlan's dissent to the court's decision in Plessy v. Ferguson has based on the premise that The Constitution is color-blind.

• This quotation was Marshall's favorite Harlan quotation and today it is so acquainted that we take it for granted.
• He said that in our nation there is no preferable, chief ruling category of citizens. And it is incorrect to give permission to the state to 'govern the happiness of people of the states' secular rights exclusively according to the race.
• Harlan had powerful respective beliefs and he was also a virtuous conventionalist. He considers that justice will work as a protector of personal properties and individual rights.

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