...Court's endorsement of the principle of "separate but equal" in Plessy v. Ferguson, Harlan insisted that "[o]ur Constitution is color-blind, and neither knows nor tolerates classes among citizens." Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 US 537, 559 (1896). But only after Brown v. Board of Education, widely interpreted...

...inspiration from Justice John Harlan's famous dissent in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), which said that "Our constitution is color-blind, and neither knows nor tolerates classes among citizens." The conservatives' version of legal changes during the civil rights era presumes that Congress and...

...opposition to the majority in Plessy, Justice John Marshall Harlan entered a vigorous dissent that argued, "Our constitution is color-blind, and neither knows nor tolerates classes among citizens." Notwithstanding Marlan's dissent, the Court's majority view that separate but equal was constitutionally...

...remains true to its great heritage and holds fast to the principles of constitutional liberty. But in view of the Constitution, in the eye of the law,...neither knows nor tolerates classes among citizens? The existence of a dominant white race and the concept of color blindness are polar opposites. The...

...remains true to its great heritage and holds fast to the principles of constitutional liberty. But in view of the Constitution, in the eye of the law,...color-blind, and neither knows nor tolerates classes among citizens.9 The existence of a dominant white race and the concept of color blindness are polar opposites....

...remains true to its great heritage and holds fast to the principles of constitutional liberty. But in view of the Constitution, in the eye of the law,...citizens. There is no caste here. Our Constitution is color blind 123 Thus even if we (quite unreasonably) assume that Justice Harlan's vision of color blindness...

...remains true to its great heritage, and holds fast to the principles of constitutional liherty, But in view of the constitution, in the eye of the law,...citizens. There is no caste here. Our constitution is color-hlind, and neither knows nor tolerates classes among citizens. In respect of civil rights, all...

...US Supreme Court Justice John Marshall Harlan in a dissenting opinion in Plesy v, Ferguson (1896): "There is in this country no superior, dominant, ruling...neither knows nor tolerates classes among citizens." class action A search for a judicial remedy that one or more persons may undertake on behalf of themselves...

...argued that the Fourteenth Amendment allowed the state to make no distinctions based on race. He stated, "In view of the Constitution, in the eye of the law,...ruling class of citizens. There is no caste here." He continued eloquently: Our Constitution is color-blind, and neither knows nor tolerates classes among...

...analysis, one that is now supported by the law of the land. Prophetically, Justice John Harlan wrote: Our Constitution is color-blind, and neither knows...rights, all citizens are equal before the law.... In my opinion, the judgment this day rendered will, in time, prove to be quite as pernicious as the...