Court Case
Giles v. Harris
The Supreme Court refused to grant meaningful relief to Black plaintiffs challenging Alabama's disfranchising constitution, effectively declining to use federal judicial power to restore their voting rights.
Year
1903
Impact
Negative
Status
Active
Party
Unknown
Era
Jim Crow and Disenfranchisement
Impact Context
The ruling signaled that federal courts would not reliably intervene against systematic Black disfranchisement in the Jim Crow South.
What This Policy Did
The ruling signaled that federal courts would not reliably intervene against systematic Black disfranchisement in the Jim Crow South.
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Sources
Justia U.S. Supreme Court Center • Archive • Feb 23, 1903
Decision text showing the Court's refusal to meaningfully remedy Alabama disfranchisement.