| Court: | US Supreme Court |
| Facts: | There's a MO community that says houses shall only be sold to Caucasians, and that anyone who violates this covenant will lose their property. |
| Posture: | Unknown. |
| Issue: | Does the fact that these are private covenants exempt them from 14A protections? |
| Holding: | Yes. On the other hand, courts won't enforce them. |
| Rule: | You can be a racist in private, but don't ask the government to uphold your policies. |
| Reasoning: | Basically just a statement of policy: the government will not be the instrument of enforcement for discriminatory rules. |
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