Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20180724:01:46:00
Zwrmt affirmed with costs. that was it. that was how "the new york times" reported on the case in 1896, the day after the ruling. it was the ruling that upheld racial segregation in this country and racial law, separate but equal. it took almost 60 years for that precedent to get knocked back when the supreme court unanimously ruled in brown v. board of education that separate but equal was unconstitutional. there are very few big supreme court cases in our country that are not just legal landmarks. they're also now considered consensus cases. cases where everybody agrees that the decision mad...