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What the court rulings held that separate schools were unequal and thus a violation of the fourteenth amendment?
Mendez v. Westminster
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Which supreme court decision is indicative of the court's rulings regarding the fourteenth amendment and state discretion in the decades after the civil war?
Plessy v. Ferguson
How does Chief Justice Earl Warren primarily support the Supreme Court's opinion?
With references to previous laws and rulings- apex!:)
Supreme court denied rulings in state affairs during what amendment?
It was the Fourteenth Amendment that the supreme court denied ruling in state affairs. You are welcome for a better answer that the last one. Maybe people can come to their sense sometimes.
Do you need a firearms permit under the 2nd amendment?
Technically, states are the entity administering the requirements surrounding the issuance and rulings/laws relating to firearms. The Second Amendment is a Federal constitutional instrument.
Which refers to a series of Supreme Court rulings that used the 14th Amendment to protect basic rights of citizens from state governments?
The Privileges or Immunities clause of the 14th Amendment was meant to protect citizens from violation of rights due to state interference. This Clause prevents discrimination against people from out of state in regards to basic rights. They mainly focus on a person's right to own a living.
What are the Major laws and rulings in the 1950's?
The most prominent laws and rulings of the 1950's dealt with integration and "Jim Crow" or "separate but equal". Laws concerning the mentally ill also came to the forefront.
Which refers to a series of supreme court rulings that used the 14th amendment to protect basic rights of citizens from state government?
the guarantees of freedom
Does the First Amendment protect corporations' freedom of speech?
Yes, the First Amendment protects corporations' freedom of speech, as established by the Supreme Court in various rulings that have recognized corporations as having the right to free speech.
Who enforces US Supreme Court rulings when they are against the President and the President refuses?
Whenever a U. S. President is in violation of the law as interpreted by the U. S. Supreme Court (or even if he/she is in violation of a law that the Supreme Court has not tested), it is the responsibility of Congress to impeach him/her.
What does the first amendment of the United States say?
Freedom of speech.
What amendment was used to justify all types of segregation for decades?
The 14th Amendment, specifically its Equal Protection Clause, was often misinterpreted to justify segregation for decades. Following the Supreme Court's decision in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), the "separate but equal" doctrine was established, allowing racial segregation to persist under the guise of providing equal facilities. This interpretation of the 14th Amendment facilitated systemic discrimination until it was challenged and ultimately overturned by later rulings, such as Brown v. Board of Education in 1954.
What supreme court decision legalized segregating?
A number of US Supreme Court cases upheld segregation in the years following ratification of the "Restoration Amendments" (Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth), which were intended to extend African-Americans civil rights. The three primary landmark cases included:The Slaughter-House Cases, 83 US 36 (1873)Held that Congress could not apply the Fourteenth Amendment to the States via the Privileges and Immunities Clause.Civil Rights Cases, 109 US 3 (1883)Invalidated the Civil Rights Act of 1875 as unconstitutional on the grounds Congress lacked the authority to enforce provisions of the Fourteenth Amendment against private citizens and businesses.Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 US 537 (1896)Upheld as constitutional the Louisiana Separate Car Act (Act 111), allowing the state to provide "separate but equal" facilities (specifically train cars, in this case) for African-Americans and whites.For more information, see Related Questions, below.
