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__//** Heart of Atlanta Motel v US **//__
Background:

This case involves the heart of Atlanta motel in Georgia having 216 rooms available but refused accomodations to african americans or blacks. The appelleeshad brought this matter to court and caught the court's attention for several reasons such as the simple fact that this motel historically rent rooms only to white people which came along with doubts and questions such as should government decides what private compagnies do with their busisness?. This incident was moved to a the supreme court and by reviewing the  Writ of certiorari the higher court had an idea of how they should rule. After the judicial conference reviews the case they rule against the Heart of Atlanta Motel that it was unconstitutional that they denied renting the room. The court declares that the commerce clauses allows congress to regulate and get rid of discrimination in private compagnies such as motels, hotels, magazines and other businesses and by passing the civil rights acts of 1964 prohibits private business to select what race or gender they are chosing to serve. The law passed with 9 votes in favor and 0 vote against.





Audio of the arguments: media type="custom" key="15449048"

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