While serving as Chief Justice, this man's court found that federal courts had no jurisdiction in cases already settled by NativeAmerican tribal councils in the case Ex parte Crow Dog.
While serving as Chief Justice, this man's court found that federal courts had no jurisdiction in cases already settled by NativeAmerican tribal councils in the case Ex parte Crow Dog. This Chief Justice joined the majority in United States v. Cruikshank,which held that the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses apply only to state action. He wrote the opinion in Minorv. Happersett, which armed a Missouri court decision about the right to vote. A remark made by this man was insertedby court reporter Bancroftft Davis into the headnotes of Santa Clara County v. Southern PacifiÂc Railroad, and that remarkhas been used as precedent in cases like Citizens United. His court unanimously upheld a state anti-miscegenation statute inPace v. Alabama. He also wrote an opinion stating that a business "affected with a public interest" could be regulated bythe government; that case began as a question about the right to charge minimum prices for grain elevators. For 10 points,name this Chief Justice who presided over Munn v. Illinois, and was succeeded by Melville Fuller after serving during theReconstruction era.
While serving as Chief Justice, this man's court found that federal courts had no jurisdiction in cases already settled by NativeAmerican tribal councils in the case Ex parte Crow Dog.
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