Reparations for Slavery | Reparations Lawsuits Face Numerous Legal Hurdles
Allen C. Guelzo is dean of the Templeton Honors College at Eastern University in St. David’s, Pennsylvania, and is the author of Abraham Lincoln: Redeemer President.
Summary: Reparations payments made to Jewish survivors of the Holocaust and to Japanese Americans for their internment during World War II are cited as legal precedents by proponents of slavery reparations for African Americans. The federal government, however, cannot be held liable for slavery because slavery was legalized by state, not federal, statutes. In addition, too many years have...
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