Although being jailed, Mr. Homer Plessy doesn't seem as if he will give up until his point is proven. During his latest lower court case, Mr. Plessy argued that
"the East Louisiana Railroad had denied him his constitutional rights under the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments of the United States."
The thirteenth amendment, as we all know, prohibits slavery, or involuntary servitude of any kind in this country. And the fourteenth amendment states,
"All persons born or naturalized in the United States...are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside....No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens...nor deny an person of life, liberty, or property..."
Mr. Plessy and his lawyer surely won't back down, and from the look of things, this case will be amongst us for much time to come.
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