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the Jones V Mayer case of 1968
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determined that Congress could in fact
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regulate the sale of private property to
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prohibit racial discrimination this
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ruling shaped future fair housing laws
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so it's essential to understand for your
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real estate exam hello everybody Zach
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here from real estatewizard.com today
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we're talking about the Jones V Mayer
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case let's get started so what is the
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Jones V Mayer case of 1968 well Jones V
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Mayer is an impactful case where the
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Supreme Court upheld the Civil Rights
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Act of 1866 that banned discrimination
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against black citizens in the private
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sale and Rental of property it all
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started when the Alfred H mayor company
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refused to sell a home to Joseph Lee
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Jones an African-American man mayor
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explained to Jones that when he sold
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homes to Black citizens in white
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neighborhoods it negatively affected his
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business Jones fought a lawsuit against
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mayor with the United States District
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Court he alleged that mayor violated the
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Civil Rights by racially discriminating
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against him however the district court
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and the court of appeal feels dismiss
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the lawsuits these courts claim that the
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Civil Rights Act applied only to
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government discrimination this meant
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private sellers could still discriminate
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against prospective home buyers based on
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race however the Supreme Court granted
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social Rory or cert for short this just
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meant they could review the case
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themselves and make a final ruling the
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Supreme Court had to answer two
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important questions before making a
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verdict on Jones V Mayer the questions
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were one does the Civil Rights Act
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protect black citizens against private
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discrimination two does Congress have
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the Constitutional power to ban private
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discrimination and enforce the Civil
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Rights Act so what was the result of
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Jones V Mayer well ultimately the
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Supreme Court sided with Jones ruling
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that the Civil Rights Act did not allow
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companies like mayor to discriminate
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this decision set an important precedent
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for racial discrimination and housing as
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Congress finally had the Constitutional
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power to ban private and public
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discrimination in the sale and Rental of
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Prof property so what impact did Jones V
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Mayer have well a significant one the
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Jones V mayor decision impacted more
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than just housing laws this ruling had
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larger implications for society as a
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whole this awakened the 13th Amendment
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starting important conversations about
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how private discrimination was as
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economically harmful as public
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discrimination it also gave congress the
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power to decide that any public or
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private acts of discrimination were and
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I quote the badges and incidents of
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slavery this led to new legislation
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Banning racial discrimination not just
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in real estate but in other markets as
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well now I briefly want to just cover
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the context behind this case a little
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bit more because I think it's incredibly
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important to understand and to see how
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it fits into everything so the 13th
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amendment was passed in 1865 and that
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paved the way for the Civil Rights Act
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obviously that Amendment declared that
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neither slavery or involuntary servitude
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could exist in the United States this
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was a step in the right direction but so
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much more needed to be done black
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citizens did not have access to the same
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rights as white citizens for buying or
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selling property and then the Civil
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Rights Act of 1866 came around stating
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that all people born in the United
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States are created equal and had full
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benefits of the law regardless of race
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color or previous enslavement this is
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the act that the Supreme Court had to
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interpret when making its decision on
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Jones V Mayer under the Civil Rights Act
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black citizens gained the right to make
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and enforce contacts Sue and be sued
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provide evidence in court and inherit
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purchase lease sell hold and convey real
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and personal property unfortunately
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progress took a long time the brunt of
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the fight for civil rights occurred in
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1950s and 60s it wasn't until 100 years
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later that the Supreme Court made a
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decision on Jones V Mayer that
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significant changes actually started
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happening so what specifically became
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outlawed With the Jones vimer case well
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denying housing to tenants because
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they're African-American charge higher
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fees for racial minorities harassing
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minority tenants steering which we've
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talked about extensively on this channel
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telling black home buyers a home has
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been sold when it really has not
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conceptually the Jones V mayor case
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kicked off this war the war against
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racial discrimination and the war for
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fair housing I cannot stress the
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importance of this court case and it
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will show up on the real estate exam so
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what do you need to know specifically
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for the real estate exam well the Jones
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the mayor case it's an impactful case
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where the Supreme Court upheld the Civil
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Rights Act of 1866 that banned
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discrimination against black citizens in
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the private sale and Rental of property
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the Jones vimir Supreme Court ruling
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upheld the Civil Rights Act and
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prohibited discrimination against race
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while racial discrimination is still a
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problem in housing this ruling helped
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strengthen fair housing laws and is
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incredibly important to understand for
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