SCOTUS Cases
This case made it much harder to discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation.
What is Lawrence v. Texas?
This made voting in federal elections legal for women.
What is the 19th?
This act aimed at undoing Jim Crow.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
Marbury v. Madison dealt with this Constitutional issue.
What is Judicial Review.
This word does not appear in the Constitution until the 14th Amendment.
What is "equal"?
This case is for Hispanic Americans what Brown v. Board is for Black Americans.
What is Hernandez v. Texas?
This amendment outlawed poll taxes as a condition of voting.
What is the 24th.
This act aimed at undoing efforts to subvert the 15th Amendment.
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
This case incorporated the 2nd Amendment.
What is McDonald v. Chicago?
This is what the SCOTUS calls all attempt to separate Americans by race or ethnicity.
What is "inherently suspect"?
Regents v. Bakke made these illegal.
What are racial quotas in college admissions.
This amendment banned slavery.
What is the 13th.
This act calls for ramps and elevators.
What is the ADA?
Gitlow v. NY incorporated this amendment.
What is the 1st Amendment?
Jim Crow laws represent this kind of segregation.
What is De Jure (by law) segregation?
Brown v. Board overturned this previous SCOTUS case.
What is Plessy v. Ferguson.
This amendment contains the equal protection clause.
What is the 14th?
This act improved access to education opportunities for women.
What is Title IX?
Mapp v. Ohio incorporated this amendment.
What is the 4th Amendment.
People living by choice in ethnic neighborhoods represent this kind o segregation.
What is De Facto segregation?
Rostker v. Goldberg had to do with this government policy.
What is the Selective Service (draft)?
Southern states tried to get around this amendment with white primaries and poll taxes.
What is the 15th?
Men and women doing the same work at the same place must be paid the same.
What is the Equal Pay Act?
This case dealt with the Supremacy Clause.
What is McCulloch v. MD?
This is the kind of equality supported by most Americans.
What is equality of opportunity?