'''Melville Weston Fuller''' (1833-1910) was the [[Chief Justice of the United States]] from 1888-1910.
Melville Fuller was appointed Chief Justice by President [[Grover Cleveland]] in 1888. Fuller managed [[Democrat Democratic Party]] candidate [[Stephen A. Douglas]]'s campaign in the [[1860 presidential election]]. He was known as a Copperhead Democrat. In 1896, a Fuller Court decision declared that racial [[segregation]] does not violate the [[Equal Protection Clause]] of the [[14th Amendment]] so long as the "[[separate but equal]]" doctrine is followed. The decision allowed the continued existence of [[Jim Crow]] laws for another six decades.
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