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Can Ratification of a constitutional amendment legally change a ruling of the US Supreme Court?
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What action can legally change as a ruling of the US supreme court?
Ratification of a constitutional amendment
Which action could legally change a ruling of the US Supreme Court?
The ratification of a constitutional amendment
What year did slaves get free by law?
Slavery was legally abolished in the United States with the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution in December 1865. This amendment declared that neither slavery nor involuntary servitude shall exist.
Who legally prevents the government from establishing a state religion?
In the US? Besides the Constitutional Bill of Rights and the voters themselves? There is no single religious sect in the US which could swing anything near the votes needed for such a constitutional amendment.
Should there be a consitutional amendment that allows gays and lesbians to legally marry?
No. A constitutional amendment is not necessary. Marriage is a state-level issue. The only thing the Federal Government can do is to strike down discriminatory bans on same-sex marriage.
Did Abraham Lincoln have the right to free slaves in the rebellion states?
It would depend on whether you were from the Union North or the Confederate South. Technically, the President does not have the power to do this, except insofar as it was part of his war powers. He could tell the armed forces to do it, but legally, he needed congress to back him up with a Constitutional amendment. It is up to the Congress and House of Representatives to pass laws and for the president to sign it and for the Supreme Court to decide if the law is constitutional.
Which situation was an immediate result of the US Civil War?
An immediate result of the US Civil War was the abolition of slavery with the ratification of the 13th Amendment to the US Constitution in 1865. This amendment legally ended slavery and involuntary servitude throughout the United States.
Which Amendment did the US Supreme Court overturn setting the stage for segregation?
AnswerThe Supreme Court didn't really overturn the 14th Amendment (which is outside their Constitutional authority) so much as they used their person political ideologies to rationalize violating the spirit and letter of the Amendment.Justice John Harlan I was the lone dissenter on Plessy v. Ferguson, (1896), the case that legally authorized the "separate but equal" doctrine and allowed Jim Crow laws to proliferate throughout the country. The Fuller Court's twisted constitutional interpretation remained relatively intact until the Plessy decision, and the separate but equal doctrine, were declared unconstitutional in Brown v. Board of Education,(1954).
How is the constitution legally changed?
By way of Amendment
How was the US the same after the constitution was signed?
39 of the 55 delegates to the Constitutional Convention signed the United States Constitution on September 17, 1787. The US Constitution then went to the states for ratification. Notice of ratification of the US Constitution was received by Congress on July 2, 1788. However, the US government continued the same until March 4, 1789 when the new government of the US legally began to function. The new US government became fully operative on February 2, 1790, when the US Supreme Court held its first session.
Can a US Supreme Court decision be binding on an Indiana state court?
Yes, US Supreme Court decisions are binding on bothfederal and state courts except in cases where the ruling involves an amendment or clause of an amendment not incorporated (legally applied) to the states. For example, decisions regarding the Third Amendment currently only apply to states in the Second Circuit; decisions regarding the Seventh Amendment, Grand Jury indictments, and excessive bail or fines currently apply only to the federal government.
Were the slaves freed by the 13th amendment?
Legally, but not actually.
