Opinion in United States v. Cruikshank
GPTKB entity
Statements (28)
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| gptkbp:instanceOf |
Supreme Court opinion
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| gptkbp:author |
gptkb:Chief_Justice_Morrison_Waite
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| gptkbp:citation |
gptkb:92_U.S._542
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| gptkbp:concursOrDissents |
Justice Clifford (concurring in part, dissenting in part)
Justice Swayne (concurring in part, dissenting in part) Justice Hunt (concurring in part, dissenting in part) Justice Bradley (concurring in part, dissenting in part) Justice Strong (concurring in part, dissenting in part) |
| gptkbp:date |
March 27, 1876
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| gptkbp:fullName |
gptkb:United_States_v._Cruikshank
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| gptkbp:heldBy |
The First and Second Amendments do not apply to the actions of individuals, only to the federal government.
The Bill of Rights does not apply to private actors or to the states via the Fourteenth Amendment in this context. The federal government cannot prosecute individuals for civil rights violations unless the rights are explicitly protected by the Constitution against private interference. |
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Opinion in United States v. Cruikshank
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| gptkbp:judge |
gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
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| gptkbp:legalImpact |
Contributed to the end of Reconstruction and rise of Jim Crow laws
Limited federal enforcement of civil rights during Reconstruction |
| gptkbp:overturnedOrLimitedBy |
gptkb:Ex_parte_Yarbrough
gptkb:Monroe_v._Pape gptkb:United_States_v._Price |
| gptkbp:relatedTo |
gptkb:Colfax_Massacre
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| gptkbp:subject |
gptkb:Fourteenth_Amendment
gptkb:First_Amendment gptkb:Second_Amendment gptkb:Enforcement_Act_of_1870 Civil rights |
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gptkb:Joseph_P._Bradley
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