Disenfranchisement and the New Found Story of Jackson Giles and Giles v. Harris

The moment when the Supreme Court declined to do anything about the massive disenfranchisement of black voters throughout the South is embodied in Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes’ opinion in Giles v. Harris, 189 US 475 (1903). Justice Kagan’s dissenting opinion … Continue reading Disenfranchisement and the New Found Story of Jackson Giles and Giles v. Harris