the U.S. Supreme Court, on May 18, 1896, by a seven-to-one majority (one justice did not participate), advanced the controversial “separate but equal” doctrine for assessing the constitutionality of racial segregation laws
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Obergefell v. Hodges
a landmark civil rights case in which the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that the fundamental right to marry is guaranteed to same-sex couples by both the Due Process Clause and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the
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Marbury v. Madison 1803
U.S. Supreme Court case that established the principle of judicial review in the United States, meaning that American courts have the power to strike down laws, statutes, and some government actions that violate the Constitution
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Planned Parenthood v. Casey
1992, the Supreme Court revisited the abortion issue in Casey v. Planned Parenthood. Above, pro-choice activists demonstrate in favor of the 1973 Roe decision. In Casey v. Planned Parenthood (1992), the Supreme Court affirmed the basic ruling of Roe
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Brown v. Board of Education
1954, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Earl Warren delivered the unanimous ruling in the landmark civil rights case Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas. State-sanctioned segregation of public schools was a violation of the 14th amendment and was
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a landmark civil rights case in which the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that the fundamental right to marry is guaranteed to same-sex couples by both the Due Process Clause and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the
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Obergefell v. Hodges
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U.S. Supreme Court case that established the principle of judicial review in the United States, meaning that American courts have the power to strike down laws, statutes, and some government actions that violate the Constitution
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1992, the Supreme Court revisited the abortion issue in Casey v. Planned Parenthood. Above, pro-choice activists demonstrate in favor of the 1973 Roe decision. In Casey v. Planned Parenthood (1992), the Supreme Court affirmed the basic ruling of Roe
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1954, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Earl Warren delivered the unanimous ruling in the landmark civil rights case Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas. State-sanctioned segregation of public schools was a violation of the 14th amendment and was
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