Virginia v. Rives

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• issuing writ of mandamus to review removal under civil rights removal statute
• interpretation of federal statutes requires ascertainment of Congressional intent from the “plain language” of the statute
• removal was not proper where, although African-Americans were allegedly excluded from jury service as a matter of course, the state statute was formally neutral
• “[T]hose provisions of the [F]ourteenth [AJmendment have reference to State action exclusively, and not to any action of private individuals”
• “The provisions of the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution have reference to State action exclusively, and not to any action of private individuals.”
• “the prohibitions of the Fourteenth Amendment are directed to the States, and they are to a degree restrictions of state power. It is these which Congress is empowered to enforce against state action ... whether executive, legislative, or judicial”

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