Justice John Marshall Harlan was well known in his time for dissenting in U.S. Supreme Court cases that restricted civil rights, such as the infamous Plessy vs. Ferguson decision that, for many years, established the notorious “separate but equal” doctrine allowing widespread racial segregation.
But he didn’t mince words in 1905 when he wrote in favor of letting states force everyone to be vaccinated against smallpox.
But he didn’t mince words in 1905 when he wrote in favor of letting states force everyone to be vaccinated against smallpox.
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