The civil rights act effectively created a second constitution. Not to say that its heart was entirely in the wrong place, as with prohibition, but virtue cannot be legislated, and it created severe conflicts with the constitution.
You know what? Now that you mention it, I was going off someone who cited bits and pieces, or what we’ve ended up with from AA to get to that conclusion, and haven’t ever actually seen the act itself.
This was always illegal
Civil rights anyone?
The civil rights act effectively created a second constitution. Not to say that its heart was entirely in the wrong place, as with prohibition, but virtue cannot be legislated, and it created severe conflicts with the constitution.
In fact, affirmative action was a violation of the Civil Rights Act.
You know what? Now that you mention it, I was going off someone who cited bits and pieces, or what we’ve ended up with from AA to get to that conclusion, and haven’t ever actually seen the act itself.
https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/civil-rights-act#transcript
“And for other purposes.”
Wow. Auspicious start.
of course