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What does Justice Harlan believe will come from this ruling​

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In his most famous and eloquent dissent, Harlan held that “our Constitution is color-blind,” that “in this country there is no superior, dominant ruling class of citizens,” and that it is wrong to allow the states to “regulate the enjoyment of citizens' civil rights solely on the basis of race.” Harlan predicted that ...
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Justice Harlan's outrage in Plessy was on full display. He believed that the Court's ruling in Plessy would be viewed as pernicious as Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857), in which the Court held that Black Americans could never be citizens of the United States
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