How did the supreme court's decision harm the efforts of reconstruction?

The Supreme Court said that the Federal government did not have the capacity to punish civil rights violators.

explanation:

i would have to say the women in the 1700 had the most rights because the men did not car about what they did in there time

lincoln presided over the union victory in the american civil war, which dominated his presidency. a former whig, lincoln ran on a political platform opposed to the expansion of slavery in the territories. his election served as the immediate impetus for the outbreak of the american civil war.