United States v. William J. Cruikshank et al.

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:law
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:United_States_v._Cruikshank
gptkbp:citation	gptkb:92_U.S._542
gptkbp:date	March 27, 1876
gptkbp:decidedBy	gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:heldBy	The Bill of Rights does not apply to private actors or to the states via the Fourteenth Amendment The federal government cannot prosecute individuals for civil rights violations unless the state is involved
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	United States v. William J. Cruikshank et al.
gptkbp:impact	limited federal enforcement of civil rights weakened Reconstruction-era civil rights protections
gptkbp:jurisdiction	gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:legalIssue	application of the Bill of Rights to the states enforcement of the Enforcement Act of 1870 enforcement of the Fourteenth Amendment
gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy	gptkb:Chief_Justice_Morrison_Waite
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Slaughter-House_Cases gptkb:Colfax_Massacre gptkb:United_States_v._Reese
gptkbp:subject	gptkb:constitutional_law gptkb:Reconstruction_Amendments civil rights
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:United_States_v._Cruikshank
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6