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  • 14th Amendment
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    This page also includes proposal and ratification information.

  • 15th Amendment
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    The 15th Amendment was ratified to guarantee political rights to all Americans. Congress was granted enforcement authority in Section Two of this brief Amendment, which was passed by Congress on February 26, 1869, and ratified February 3, 1870.

  • Planned Parenthood v. Casey by SCOTUS
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    The Court refined its holding in Roe v. Wade in this case. In this decision, the Court ultimately held that it own legitimacy required affirming the central holding in Roe (which was not actually done) rather than reformulating abortion policy…

  • Brown v. Board of Education by SCOTUS
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    This case, decided ultimately in 1954, saw Earl Warren writing on behalf of a unanimous Court. In this case the Court famously overturned the central holding in Plessy v. Ferguson, opining that separate but equal accommodations were not constitutional, and…

  • Bolling v. Sharpe by SCOTUS
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    This case, a companion case to Brown, addressed the lingering problem of segregation in Washington, DC. Brown had been decided (on the same day as Bolling) on 14 Amendment grounds. The 14th Amendment, though, did not apply to DC, as…

  • UNITED STATES v. LOPEZ by William A. Rhenquist
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    This case saw the Supreme Court overturn the Guns Free School Zones Act of 1990, which Congress had passed pursuant to its Commerce Clause powers.

  • Oath of Allegiance for Naturalized Citizens
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