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Reconstruction-era Enforcement Acts

The Reconstruction-era Enforcement Acts and their legacy in modern civil-rights enforcement

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Feb 7, 2026

Which provisions of the Enforcement Acts survive in modern civil‑rights statutes and how have courts applied them since Reconstruction?

The core criminal and civil remedies that survived the Reconstruction-era today include 18 U.S.C. §§ 241–242 (criminal conspiracies to violate rights), the suite of civil‑rights statutes codified at 4...

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