When the 42nd Congress of the United States passed the Enforcement Act, in 1871, the wounds of the Civil War were still fresh in the mind of every American, the reunification efforts stalling on political, legal, and racial lines. As it came to be known, the Civil Rights Act of 1871 was introduced to protect the voting rights of newly emancipated slaves, and while the language of the legislation has changed little since the 19th Century, its subsequent interpretations by the Supreme Court have altered the trajectory of American civil rights discourse.

On this episode of The law Of The Land, we sat down with Yechezkel Rodal Esq, a practicing attorney in South Florida, to explore the impact he could make with civil rights legislation.