Justice Jackson on the 14th Amendment
During a Supreme Court oral argument on whether Alabama's congressional redistricting map violates the Voting Rights Act, Justice Kentanji Brown Jackson explains her interpretation of the intent of the 14th Amendment.
Description
During a Supreme Court oral argument on whether Alabama's congressional redistricting map violates the Voting Rights Act, Justice Kentanji Brown Jackson explains her interpretation of the intent of the 14th Amendment.
Bell Ringer Assignment
- What do you think Justice Jackson means when she states that the Framers adopted the 14th and 15th Amendment in a “race conscious way”?
- What primary source evidence does she utilize to substantiate her interpretation?
- How are the Civil Rights Act (1866) and the 14th Amendment related? What does this demonstrate about the structure of government in the United States?
Participants
Vocabulary
- 14th Amendment
- 15th Amendment
- Civil Rights Act Of 1866
- Constitution
- Equal Protection Clause
- Framers
- Reconstruction
- Remedy