Yes, the ratification of a constitutional amendment can legally change a ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court. This is because amendments to the Constitution can modify or override judicial interpretations of constitutional provisions. For example, the 14th Amendment effectively overturned the Dred Scott decision by establishing citizenship and equal protection under the law for all individuals born in the U.S. Thus, while individual Supreme Court rulings are binding, the Constitution can be amended to reflect new legal standards or interpretations.
Ratification of a constitutional amendment
The ratification of a constitutional amendment
Yes, ratification is the official approval or confirmation of an agreement, treaty, or constitutional amendment by a designated authority, such as a legislative body or the electorate. It signifies that the involved parties accept the terms and conditions outlined in the document. Once ratified, the agreement typically becomes legally binding and enforceable.
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.
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.
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.
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.
If the president ignores the rulings of the Supreme Court, it can lead to a constitutional crisis and undermine the system of checks and balances in the government. The Supreme Court's decisions are legally binding and must be followed by all branches of government to uphold the rule of law.
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.
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).
By way of Amendment
Alabama officially prohibited slavery with the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution on December 6, 1865. This amendment abolished slavery throughout the United States, including Alabama, effectively ending the institution in the state. Prior to this, slavery had been legally practiced in Alabama since its statehood in 1819.