Ratification of a constitutional amendment
The ratification of a constitutional amendment
Three years after its original ruling, the Supreme Court reversed its opinion about which law?
Women had several issues. Some wanted a constitutional amendment requiring equal rights for women. Others wanted Job and Education equality. Others wanted a Supreme Court ruling on abortion.
The Supreme Court established "separate but equal" in Plessy v Fergusun in 1896 to match the ruling of Brown v Board of Education. It was ruled constitutional because the Brown v Board of Education had already started the desegregation rule.
Court decisions can be overturned by higher courts, with the highest being the Supreme Court. Once the Supreme Court has issued a ruling, it can only be overturned by another Supreme Court ruling if the court agrees to hear that case or a similar case again. It is also possible for Congress to pass a law or constitutional amendment (with the help of the states, which must ratify any amendment), which can effectively overturn a Supreme Court decision by altering the law on which the decision was based.
It was determined that minors are entitled to constitutional protections.
It was determined that minors are entitled to constitutional protections.
The Supreme Court ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson is what provided constitutional justification for segregation. Segregation in public schools was outlawed in another Supreme Court ruling in 1954.
It wasn't an amendment, but a ruling by the Supreme Court in 1957. It was the Brown v Board of education. It ruled that segregation was illegal and that "separate but equal " wasn't equality.
Congress could propose a constitutional amendment that would outlaw flag burning
The ruling clarified that the Fourteenth Amendment protected members of all racial groups.