Justice Harlan interpreted the 14th Amendment, particularly the Equal Protection Clause, as providing equal rights and protections to all individuals, regardless of race. He believed that the Amendment's language of "equal protection of the laws" required the government to treat all citizens equally under the law, and he strongly opposed any form of segregation or discrimination based on race. Justice Harlan's interpretation was influential in several important civil rights cases, including Plessy v. Ferguson and the Civil Rights Cases.
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