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Title
States' Rights
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Author
James L. Underwood
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Keywords
doctrine of states’ rights, a recurring theme of South Carolina political thought, is composed of two elements: a belief that the U.S. Constitution is a compact formed by states that retained their sovereign status; and a belief that powers not specifically granted by the Constitution to the national government remain in state hands, Brown v. Board of Education (including Briggs v. Elliott from South Carolina) outlawed racial segregation in the public schools and again provoked states’ rights arguments, South Carolina v. Katzenbach (1966),
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Website Name
South Carolina Encyclopedia
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Publisher
University of South Carolina, Institute for Southern Studies
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URL
https://www.scencyclopedia.org/sce/entries/states%c2%92-rights/view/documents
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Access Date
November 22, 2024
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Original Published Date
August 1, 2016
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Date of Last Update
August 25, 2022
