US Supreme Court

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

Rational basis test

as a child, she testified in a court case that helped end school segregation

Publishing information that may be damaging to national security

a demonstrator chanting anticorporate slogans outside a company's headquarters

separate treatment based on race is inherently unequal

the equal protection clause

This is from the Supreme Court case Plessy vs. Ferguson.

the movement's goal of political equality has not been fully achieved

the movement pursued social, legal, and political equality.

legislation that addressed the goals of the movement did not always result in real equality

court clerks refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples

raising money by staging a reading of the play 8, which supports same-sex marriage.

working together prevented farmers from using the two groups of workers against each other

they helped with expanded civil rights for marginalized groups

they are examples of grassroots activism

they were led by activists at the community level

it lowered the voting age to 18

it prevented employers from forcing workers under the age of 70 to retire

school segregation

both cases centered on the civil liberties of students in public schools

it investigated conditions facing working women and passed laws aimed at guaranteeing them equal pay

over time, the supreme court became less likely to allow restrictions on free speech

Tests can be replaced as the court redefines limits on civil liberties

They show that the court has enforced equal rights for a variety of groups that have been discriminated agains.

power should be spilt

While courts have protected undocumented immigrants’ civil liberties, some argue that those protections are being ignored

racial segregation affects children's self-image