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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
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gptkbp:citation
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gptkb:92_U.S._542
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gptkbp:country
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gptkb:United_States
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gptkbp:date
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March 27, 1876
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gptkbp:decidedBy
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gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
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gptkbp:heldBy
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The Bill of Rights does not apply to private actors or to the states via the Fourteenth Amendment
Federal government cannot prosecute individuals for civil rights violations under the Enforcement Act unless the rights are specifically protected by the federal government
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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92 U.S. 542
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gptkbp:impact
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Limited federal enforcement of civil rights
Set precedent for state action doctrine
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gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy
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gptkb:Chief_Justice_Morrison_Waite
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gptkbp:officialName
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gptkb:United_States_v._Cruikshank
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gptkbp:relatedEvent
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gptkb:Colfax_Massacre
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gptkbp:reporter
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gptkb:United_States_Reports
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gptkbp:subject
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gptkb:Civil_Rights
gptkb:Fourteenth_Amendment
gptkb:Reconstruction_Era
gptkb:First_Amendment
gptkb:Second_Amendment
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gptkbp:volume
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92
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:United_States_v._Cruikshank
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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6
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