The Montgomery bus system isn't any more 'public' than the airlines that fly throughout America. They are private businesses who have contracts with the government. They are still private businesses. Does a contractor become part of the government by accepting a job to build a government building? No. The same thing applies here.
hey clawfoot, here is the number for the montgomery public transit system: (334) 240-4012
From http://montgomerytransit.com/?page_id=2
so private that the city had authority over it
Authority? You mean a contract and the power of the purse?so private that the city had authority over it
While all of the other black people in her row complied, Parks refused, and was arrested for failing to obey the driver's seat assignments, as city ordinances did not explicitly mandate segregation but did give the bus driver authority to assign seats.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montgomery_Bus_Boycott#Method_of_segregation_on_Montgomery_buses
what reality do you guys pretend to live in?
yeah, that's not authority at all.
Do you know how they got that all to change? By having all the black folks boycott the buses, seems that 80% of all the bus companies income was derived from black people.so private that the city had authority over it
While all of the other black people in her row complied, Parks refused, and was arrested for failing to obey the driver's seat assignments, as city ordinances did not explicitly mandate segregation but did give the bus driver authority to assign seats.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montgomery_Bus_Boycott#Method_of_segregation_on_Montgomery_buses
what reality do you guys pretend to live in?
Had nothing to do with the constitution, it was about money though.
all these decades? You haven't even existed for 3 decades and you never called it that. you have always called it "The Bus". Who are you trying to fool?yeah, that's not authority at all.
even if we live in your pretend world where we've been mistakenly calling buses "public transit" all these decades, it was found unconstitutional nonetheless.
stupid fucking constitution
"with enough riders lost to the city transit system..."
The 1974 year came from the Montgomery city transit system website itself, if you have a problem with that why don't you call them and straighten them out. If you don't like the source, well then you can suck it, because its the best source in the entire world.
your grasp of history is completely retarded and 100% wrong.
I see when the debate gets difficult you just fall back on the ole insults, always reliable with that tactic.
that wasn't an insult, that was an apt description of your summary of the case. the supreme court did not take up the matter because the montgomery transit system was losing money.
Talk about twisted, show me where I said the supreme court made it unconstitutional because of money. Are you unable to read? Illiteracy the real reason why you were not able to finish college?
i think you're the one who needs to learn to read. i said the SCOTUS did not "take up the matter" because montgomery buses were losing money.
sooo, if no one had boycotted anything, the supreme court would have ruled the same regardless?
the supreme court sided with the district court that ruled it unconstitutional based on the 1th amendment, not based on any boycott.
The government has the authority to tell me I can't smoke marijuana, but I am still a private citizen. What kind of retard logic do you use? I think you need to go wipe, the shit is leaking out again.so private that the city had authority over it
While all of the other black people in her row complied, Parks refused, and was arrested for failing to obey the driver's seat assignments, as city ordinances did not explicitly mandate segregation but did give the bus driver authority to assign seats.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montgomery_Bus_Boycott#Method_of_segregation_on_Montgomery_buses
what reality do you guys pretend to live in?
You mean.... the free market.. did that?
You are mixing two issues. The bus lines and the government are two different things and have different rules. The fact is that the free market fixed things long before the government did. The SCOTUS decides all kind of fucked up things. The only reason the civil rights act even exists for private business is because..... (drum roll)
