jan 1, 1898 - Williams v. Mississippi

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• About jury selection
• You have to be a registered voter to serve on jury, but voting targets African-Americans
• Since discrimination is not actually written into laws, and law does not mention race specifically...
• The law is not discriminating, it is the people's application of them, so the law is constitutional
– "Their actual administration was [not] evil; ... evil was [only] possible under them"
• Overturned by Civil Rights Act

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