Because, Doug, (1) Lyndon Johnson was the father of the Civil Rights Act, and (2) 1964 was before Nixon and Reagan made the Republican Party what it is today. In fact, 1964 was before most of the people on Mudcat was born. 1964 was 38 years ago. Think of that, Doug! You and I are growing old. I practice law. Today, a 1964 case is so old, mostly, it's hardly worth citing. 1964 is before Vietnam, before the Reagan Revolution, before the personal computer.

In 1964, Alabama, Mississippi and Texas had not yet become Republican strongholds. "Republican" and "Democrat" meant different things in 1964. There were conservative Democrats in 1964, and liberal Republicans were at least a recent enough memory so that living people could recall them. Not so today.