The all-white Supreme Court stripped the Reconstruction Amendments of power

Evidence

But one group that looked for an opportunity to halt black progress was the majority of the nine white justices on the US Supreme Court. In fact, following the end of chattel slavery, it was the all-white, all-male Supreme Court that eventually stripped the Reconstruction Amendments—the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth—of their power to transform the nation. — Dorothy A. Brown, Getting to Reparations, 374

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Reconstruction amendments abolished slavery and guaranteed equal protection and due process nationally — Lawrence M. Friedman and Grant M. Hayden, American Law: An Introduction, 273; The Reconstruction Amendments aimed to equalize rights and suffrage for Black Americans. — Dorothy A. Brown, Getting to Reparations: How Building a…, 260