What was the overall impact of supreme court cases related to civil rights in the reconstruction era, such as united states v. cruikshank? (5 points) they affirmed the constitutionality of legislation such as the civil war amendments, but they had no power to enforce them. they encouraged congress to pass additional civil rights laws aimed at supporting and enforcing provisions of the civil war amendments. they denied the legitimacy of civil rights laws aimed at protecting the legal citizenship and protections of former slaves and their families. they left application and enforcement of civil rights in the hands of state governments, which stripped away rights for southern blacks.

Its the last one

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"They denied the legitimacy of civil rights laws aimed at protecting the legal citizenship and protections of former slaves and their families. They left application and enforcement of civil rights in the hands of state"

the supreme court ruled that the clauses of the 14th amendment did not apply to individuals, only states.  

the united states constitution is the supreme law of the united states. the constitution, originally comprising seven articles, delineates the national frame of government. its first three articles embody the doctrine of the separation of powers, whereby the federal government is divided into three branches: the legislative, consisting of the bicameral congress; the executive, consisting of the president; and the judicial, consisting of the supreme court and other federal courts. articles four, five and six embody concepts of federalism, describing the rights and responsibilities of state governments, the states in relationship to the federal government, and the shared process of constitutional amendment. article seven establishes the procedure subsequently used by the thirteen states to ratify it. it is regarded as the oldest written and codified national constitution in force.