In response to the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in 1944 that declared white primaries unconstitutional, South Carolina attempted to circumvent the decision by adopting new strategies to maintain racial segregation in the electoral process. The state introduced measures such as literacy tests and poll taxes, which disproportionately affected Black voters. Additionally, South Carolina's political leaders and some white citizens sought to resist integration through various means, including organizing private political clubs to exclude Black participation. This resistance reflected the broader Southern strategy to uphold Jim Crow laws and maintain white supremacy in the face of federal judicial rulings.
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Yes, the North Carolina supreme court upheld the constitutionality of North Carolina's ban on same-sex marriage. It has since been struck down as unconstitutional by the federal courts.
It is not unconstitutional. The Supreme Court ruled that it is constitutional.
Declared unconstitutional by the supreme court
It allowed the Supreme Court to overrule an unconstitutional law.
They can appeal to the United States Supreme Court to have the law be declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court's right to judicial review.
The judicial branch, specifically the Supreme Court, can declare laws unconstitutional.
The Supreme Court gained the power to declare laws unconstitutional
The name given to the Supreme Court's power to declare a law unconstitutional is judicial review.
the supreme court can declare laws unconstitutional
Strike it down
Strike it down