Reese v. United States

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Reconstruction-era case United States Supreme Court case voting rights case

Reese v. United States is an 1876 U.S. Supreme Court case that significantly limited federal enforcement of African Americans’ voting rights under the Fifteenth Amendment during the Reconstruction era.

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Reese v. United States canonical 1
United States v. Reese 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Reconstruction-era case ⓘ
United States Supreme Court case ⓘ
voting rights case ⓘ
areaOfLaw civil rights law ⓘ
constitutional law ⓘ
election law ⓘ
citationStatus leading case on early interpretation of the Fifteenth Amendment ⓘ
consequence encouraged states to adopt devices that disenfranchised African American voters while avoiding explicit racial language ⓘ
constitutionalProvisionInterpreted Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
court Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decisionDate 1876 ⓘ
effect limited the reach of Reconstruction-era voting rights legislation ⓘ
narrowed federal power to protect African American voting rights ⓘ
weakened federal enforcement mechanisms against racial discrimination in voting ⓘ
era Reconstruction era ⓘ
historicalSignificance contributed to the erosion of Reconstruction civil rights protections ⓘ
marked an early retreat from robust federal protection of Black suffrage after the Civil War ⓘ
holding certain sections of the federal Enforcement Act exceeded Congress’s power under the Fifteenth Amendment ⓘ
the Fifteenth Amendment does not confer the right of suffrage but prohibits denial of the right to vote on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude ⓘ
jurisdiction federal ⓘ
legalIssue constitutionality of federal criminal enforcement provisions protecting voting rights ⓘ
scope of federal enforcement of African Americans’ voting rights ⓘ
party Reese ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
relatedAmendment Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
surface form: Fifteenth Amendment
relatedLegislation Enforcement Acts ⓘ
timePeriod post-Civil War United States ⓘ
topic African American suffrage ⓘ
federal-state balance in election regulation ⓘ

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Chief Justice Morrison R. Waite → presidedOver → Reese v. United States ⓘ
subject surface form: Morrison R. Waite
Minor v. Happersett → relatedCase → Reese v. United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States v. Reese