What is the legislative history of Section 1983 of the Fourteenth Amendment?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Ramos v. Cal. Dep't of Fair Emp't & Hous. & Sonja Thurman, No. 2:17-cv-01610-TLN-AC (E.D. Cal. 2018):
1. See Monroe v. Pape, 365 U.S. 167, 171 (1961) (discussing legislative history of 1983 as part of the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871, intended to enforce the Fourteenth Amendment).
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