Charles L. Cotton wrote:Correct. There are still thousands of real property deeds that bar transfer of the property to "non-whites." Those provisions are not unlawful, but they cannot be enforced.bayouhazard wrote:If that's true he can post signs saying blacks aren't allowed in his store as long as he doesn't enforce the rule? And if no blacks come in then he's not breaking the law because he didn't refuse service based on race?.wconn33 wrote:As I said over on TGT he can say whatever he wants, it is what he does that matters.
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances
I should note again that this is not my area of practice and the law may have changed since I last "studied" this issue in one of my continuing legal education seminars.
Chas.
I see these deeds andIsubdivision restrictions/covenants quite often in my work, mostly pre-1950's.