Despite the expanded national authority to regulate civil rights policy based on the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments, the U.S. Supreme Court's late nineteenth-century interpretation of these amendments

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The U.S. Supreme Court's late nineteenth-century interpretation of these amendments, particularly in cases like Plessy v. Ferguson, allowed states to maintain racial segregation and unequal treatment under the "separate but equal" doctrine, effectively denying rights based on race.

Despite the Expanded National Authority to Regulate Civil Rights Policy