Question

17. A new African American lounge in Brooklyn who advertises on social media and websites only accepts African American patrons. Some of Brooklyn’s new Caucasian residents filed injunction suit citing the Commerce Clause. Which case have they cited as precedent to their claim?

Answer 1

The Commerce Clause: Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution states -

"to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian".

Brooklyn’s new Caucasian residents filed injunction suit citing the Commerce Clause for African American lounge in Brooklyn only accepting African American patrons. The case have they cited as precedent to their claim :

Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States, December 14, 1964.

The case contributed at dismantling of the Jim Crow system because it upheld the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which allowed Congress to regulate private businesses if it affected commerce.Means the government could enjoin private businesses from discriminating on the basis of race under the Commerce Clause.

This the exactcase in the given question where, African American lounge in Brooklyn only accepts African American patrons and not allows Caucasian residents.