Jim Crow laws

Examples of Jim Crow laws in the following topics:

• Separate But Equal

  • Separate but equal laws supported segregation in the south by stating that providing comparable public services did not violate equal rights.
  • Jim Crow laws reestablished segregation and white supremacy in many southern states.
  • These laws made far-reaching restrictions, from the banning of mixed card playing, to the banning of black people and other people of color, and people of Chinese or Japanese heritage from certain schools and public places.
  • The phrase "separate but equal" came out of a Louisiana law, and referred to the practice of legislating separate public facilities for white residents and for people of color.

• The Devolution Revolution

  • Its proponents usually eschew the idea of states' rights because of its associations with Jim Crow laws and segregation.

• Separate But Equal

  • Separate but equal was a legal doctrine in American constitutional law that justified systems of segregation.
  • Separate but equal was a legal doctrine in American constitutional law that justified systems of segregation.
  • After the end of Reconstruction in 1877, former slave-holding states enacted various laws to undermine the equal treatment of African Americans, although the 14th Amendment, as well as federal Civil Rights laws enacted after the Civil War, were meant to guarantee such treatment.
  • In Texas, the state established a state-funded law school for white students without any law school for black students.
  • The repeal of such laws establishing racial segregation, generally known as Jim Crow laws, was a key focus of the Civil Rights Movement prior to 1954.

• Women in American Politics

  • Among its objectives were equal rights, eliminating lynching, and defeating Jim Crow laws.

• African Americans

  • While the fifteenth amendment provided legal protection for voting rights based on race, during the Jim Crow era, politicians created new institutions to suppress the vote of Black residents.
  • During the early parts of the 1900s, the NAACP brought forward several successful cases to challenge state voter suppression laws.

• Jim Crow and the Civil Rights Movement

  • Characteristics of this system, also known as "Jim Crow," included racial segregation, voter disenfranchisement, economic exploitation, and organized violence against the black community.

• Federalism

  • Dual federalism is a theory of federal constitutional law in the United States according to which governmental power is divided into two separate spheres.
  • New Federalism is sometimes called "states' rights", although its proponents usually eschew the latter term because of its associations with Jim Crow and segregation.

• The Civil War Amendments

  • These methods were employed around the country to undermine the Civil War Amendments and set the stage for Jim Crow conditions and for the Civil Rights movement.

• The Oversight Function

  • Congress's oversight authority derives from its "implied" powers in the Constitution, public laws, and House and Senate rules.
  • The lack of debate was because oversight and its attendant authority were seen as an inherent power of representative assemblies, which enacted public law.
  • It is implied in the legislature's authority, among other powers and duties, to appropriate funds, enact laws, raise and support armies, provide for a Navy, declare war, and impeach and remove from office the President, Vice President, and other civil officers.
  • Congress could not reasonably or responsibly exercise these powers without knowing what the executive was doing; how programs were being administered, by whom, and at what cost; and whether officials were obeying the law and complying with legislative intent.
  • Congressman Jim Greenwood, Chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, gavels to start the hearing on human cloning.