Venue: | SCOTUS |
Facts: | VA has anti-miscegnation laws |
Posture: | Unknown |
Issue: | Are these laws constitutional? |
Holding: | No, 14A all over the place. |
Rule: | Racial discrimination gets the most rigorous scrutiny. |
Reasoning: | The mere equal application of a statute is not good enough. Note that the law only prohibits interracial marriages involving white persons. This is clearly designed to maintain white supremacy. |
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