Rep. Nadler @RepJerryNadler
In 1871, Congress passed one of the earliest civil rights laws in our Nation’s history—the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871. Section 1 of that law, now codified as 42 U.S.C. § 1983, empowers individuals to sue state and local government officials who violate their federal rights. — PolitiTweet.org