Me, me, me/ My last post

Personally, I agree with Albion W. Tourgée, Homer Plessy. I agree because my parents do and my friends and family are all very against segregation. But other than the fact that all people around me feel this way, the facts just make sense and click for me! I really hope the "Separate Car Act" is declared unconstitutional!

Update: The Supreme Court ruled in favor of Ferguson! Can you believe it? Do you think the outcome was a good one? Justice Harlan did come out in favor of us! It's just too bad he was the dissenting opinion.. Well, all nice things do have to end some time and now is the end for this blog, so goodbye!

Forever,

Valentine Davis

Side 2

The other side of the case is Ferguson. I only could really think of one argument in his favor... The one I came up with is that the government was interested in what was best for the blacks and the whites. Meaning, the best thing would be to separate them to cause any controversy or potential danger. I am sure they must have added something about how trains would be responsible for keeping both cars clean, comfortable and most importantly, equal.

Side 1

So let's start off with Albion W. Tourgée, Homer Plessy's lawyer. Don't expect this to be top notch, I am not a lawyer you know! From what I have learned in school this case has me thinking about two amendments, the 13th and the 14th. It would violate the 13th amendment because forcing people to separate into different train cars could be seen as involuntary servitude. It violated the 14th amendment because states do not have the right to limit citizen's rights and they are limiting people's right because they are deciding where one must sit.

The Situation

Side 1 is being argued by Albion W. Tourgée, Homer Adolph Plessy's lawyer. Side 2 is being argued by a state representative. There is no way my parents would let me go see the case in action so I am just going to try to come up with what I feel the arguments are in my next couple of posts. I am very excited to see what Justice Harlan comes up with this time. After the Civil Rights Cases on 1883 no one knows what to expect.

Hello!

Hello, my name is Valentine Davis but you can call me Val. I am thirteen and have been well educated. My favorite school subject was history and I just love everything about government, especially law. There has been a lot of buzz about this case called Plessy v. Ferguson lately. I found out about it through my parents, well... actually through the living room wall because it was past my bedtime but I think my parents underestimate my smarts because they talk about the important things when it is far into the night. My parents both think that the "Separate Car Act" is wrong, but I want to do more some more investigating.