Constitutional Law Scholar

Ralph Rossum

1 article 1996

Ralph Rossum is a political science professor and constitutional law scholar known for his work on American jurisprudence and the founding. He contributed to The Weekly Standard with writing on Justice John Marshall Harlan and constitutional interpretation.

JUSTICE HARLAN'S CONSTITUTION

May 6, 1996 · Magazine

May 18, 1996, marks the 100th anniversary of Justice John Marshall Harlan's famous dissenting words in Plessy v. Ferguson that the "Constitution is color-blind." Plessy upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation in general and of the "separate but equal" doctrine in particular. Harlan was…