Federally Outlawed

Definition

When a law or practice is made illegal at the federal level, meaning that it is prohibited throughout the entire country.

Related terms

State Laws: Laws created and enforced by individual states within the United States.

Civil Rights Act of 1875: A federal law passed during Reconstruction era that aimed to prohibit discrimination based on race in public accommodations.

Jim Crow Laws: State and local laws enacted after Reconstruction era that enforced racial segregation and denied African Americans their civil rights.