One of its opponents in the Senate remarked about it "You can't legislate morality.
A new federal agency that was created by this bill was first chaired by a rabbi who sold a synagogue to Jim Jones, Maurice Davis. In the House, this bill was almost stalled in the Rules Committee by Chairman Howard Smith. One of its opponents in the Senate remarked about it "You can't legislate morality." It was deemed constitutional under the Commerce Clause in Heart of Atlanta Motel v. US after it was signed into law by the still fairly new President Lyndon Johnson. FTP, identify this law, followed the next year by a Voting Rights Act, that prohibited all sorts of discrimination based on race, sex, religion, and other things.
A new federal agency that was created by this bill was first chaired by a rabbi who sold a synagogue to Jim Jones, Maurice Davis.
The Civil Rights Act of 1964