“I have heard that the Congress, in one of its few bursts of wisdom, has included in the so-called “Civil Rights Bill” a declaration that where individual States have enacted satisfactory legislation to assure equal opportunity to all and equal standing before the law, and enforce those laws properly, the Federal Government will not claim exclusive jurisdiction.
“While I agree, largely, with your criticism of the Supreme Court, I scarcely see how the Federal Government can fail to take cognizance of the 14th and 15th Amendments and violations thereof. The Constitution and treaties, along with laws made in accordance therewith are the supreme laws of the land.”
Edgar Eisenhower, who was more conservative than his younger brother, was unhappy with a Supreme Court intent on protecting minority rights.