COMMENTARY: The Conservative Right and the New Jim Crow 

The Jim Crow segregation laws represented the American version of the “separate but equal” doctrine of the then U.S. Supreme Court’s response to the Plessy vs. Ferguson Decision, which created “separate but equal” for the races in America.

The Conservative Right, which is manifesting itself in election officials of the Republican Party and now the United States Supreme Court itself, would seek to roll back all social gains made since the Brown Decision of 1954, which in effect reversed the “separate but equal” Jim Crow doctrine which was further outlawed with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1965. 

This law and the Voting Rights Act gave new meaning to the “Equal Protection Clause” of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. 

What we see today in the halls of the United States Congress is a Conservative Right Republican movement that no longer honors the Constitution nor the Oath of Office these people took when they were sworn into office. 

What we see at all levels of State government where members of this Conservative Right hold office or positions of influence is an effort to reverse, abolish, or gut any laws or public policies that appear to speak to the rights of individuals who are not a part of the Conservative Right. 

These changes, if successful, will ultimately lead to the restoration of “Jim Crow” living conditions, especially for people of color and anyone who appears to have rights that conflict with the Conservative Right. Such a government will eliminate the concept of “due process.” These actions will lead us closer to the goals of Project 2025, which is the Blueprint for the next conservative President of the United States.

What can those who see what is coming and disagree with the new order the Conservative Right has in mind do? We can vote like never before. We can register in such numbers, wait in such long lines, and vote by mail and early ballot that the ground swell of our numbers will outvote the Conservative Right and perhaps even some, if not most, of them out of office. 

We can ensure that we get Jury Duty for the trials of those Fake Electorates and closely watch the selection of people for the Electoral College in all states. We can treat every state as a battleground state and make no assumptions. We can remember what Thomas Jefferson spoke when he said, “Eternal Vigilance is the Price of Freedom.”  

Where do you stand? 

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