A dissenting opinion is an opinion by one or more judges about a legal court case, that expresses their collective disagreement about the specific court, this causes rise to it's judgement.
I feel Justice Harlan wrote about the Plessy Case because he was distraught and angered by the ignorance of the people and the other Justices in this case. He displays excerpts from previous legal and government documents stating how our government is color blind and ignorant to social class. Although segregation is completely contradicting to documents like the constitution. I think in 1896, people would have heavily disagreed with his argument due to their previous living standards and what they were used too, also most of them were probably ignorant to change during that time. In 2016, I feel people would be more accommodating and understanding because of what we are used to, we are more of a caring and changing community. The world is constantly evolving and changing just like civilization. With the actions of few that dramatically change our social structure, we are able to change our society for the better, although is no brave people stand up for those whom have no opinion we will stay un changed as a society and die off.
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