jan 2, 1875 - US v. Reese
Description:
- Ruled the Fifteenth Amendment "does not confer the right of suffrage upon any one," but "prevents the States, or the United States, however, from giving preference…to one citizen of the United States over another on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude."- HUGE RESTRICTION ON THE 15TH AMENDMENT
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Date:
jan 2, 1875
Now
~ 149 years ago
