Question

Which best describes the Supreme Courts reasoning in declaring the civil rights act of 1875 unconstitutional?

Answer 1

Are there choices to this question @Ashdean99?

Answer 2

The Court held the Equal Protection Clause within the Fourteenth Amendment prohibits discrimination by the state, but it does not give the federal government the power to prohibit discrimination by private individuals.
I hope this helps

Answer 3

A. They found that it discriminated against white people in the south.
B. They found that's the 14th Amendment applied only to states not individuals
C. They found that it did not provide sufficient rights for the US citizens
D. They found that the 15th amendment applied only to states not to individuals

Answer 4

@scarlettfarra2000

Answer 5

The best description of the Supreme Court's reasoning in declaring the Civil Rights Act of 1875 unconstitutional is that it felt this Act infringed too greatly upon the individual rights of people who ran private businesses, as well as the states who claimed they maintained the right to deny services to certain people.
So it'd be B) They found that the Fourteenth Amendment applied only to states, not individuals.