Analysis: How SCOTUS Reacted to Hawaii Citing a Black Code in Defense of Modern Gun Law

The Fundamental Problem with Hawaii’s Black Codes Argument

Reading the Black Codes into the 14th Amendment is like reading the law of slavery into the 13th Amendment or reading bans on black voting into the 13th. It has the whole point of the amendment precisely backward.

Analysis: How SCOTUS Reacted to Hawaii Citing a Black Code in Defense of Modern Gun Law

To put it simply: not well. On Tuesday, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) heard oral arguments in Wolford v. Lopez. Hawaii’s partial reliance on an 1865 Black Code from Confederate Louisiana was among the most watched aspects of the legal case. It’s one the justices spent a significant amount of time litigating during arguments, with several expressing shock at the suggestion the… Source