| − | [[William E. Borah]], a progressive, pro–[[states' rights]] Republican from Idaho, claimed that most Republicans who voted for the Dyer Bill believed it to be unconstitutional,<ref name=waldrep,pp.74-75/> only giving bare minimum support to continue presenting an appearance of the party maintaining its pro–civil rights origins. Borah's accusation served to embolden the Southern Democratic opposition, who seized upon weak, supposedly nominal Republican support to castigate the legislation's constitutionality.
| + | Borah claimed that most Republicans who voted for the Dyer Bill believed it to be unconstitutional,<ref name=waldrep,pp.74-75/> only giving bare minimum support to continue presenting an appearance of the party maintaining its pro–civil rights origins. Borah's accusation served to embolden the Southern Democratic opposition, who seized upon weak, supposedly nominal Republican support to castigate the legislation's constitutionality. |