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On this day, Congress approved the 14th Amendment
On June 13, 1866, the House approved a Senate-proposed version of the 14th Amendment, sending it to the states for approval. Two…
On this day, the Supreme Court issues the Korematsu decision
In December 1944, the Supreme Court handed down one of its most controversial decisions, which upheld the constitutionality of…
On this day, Bush v. Gore settles 2000 presidential race
On December 12, 2000, the Supreme Court ended a Florida vote recount in the presidential election contest between George W. Bush…
When the Supreme Court first ruled on affirmative action
On June 28, 1978, the Supreme Court ruled in Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, laying the groundwork for…
Brown v. Board: When the Supreme Court ruled against segregation
The decision of Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka on May 17, 1954 is perhaps the most famous of all Supreme Court cases, as it…
On this day, Supreme Court reviews redistricting
On March 26, 1962, the Supreme Court decided Baker v. Carr, finding that it had the power to review the redistricting of state…
On this day, Rosa Parks wouldn’t give up her bus seat
Today marks the anniversary of Rosa Parks’ decision to sit down for her rights on a Montgomery, Alabama, bus, putting the effort…
Remembering the Supreme Court’s first dissenter
On December 27, 1771, future Supreme Court Justice William Johnson, Jr., was born in South Carolina. Johnson has attracted a…
Channeling Justice Ginsburg in the Mississippi Abortion Fight
More than 130 friend-of-the-court briefs have been filed by anti-abortion and abortion rights groups in the Mississippi abortion…
On this day: Supreme Court rejects race-based marriage laws
On June 12, 1967, the Supreme Court issued its Loving v. Virginia decision, which struck down laws that banned marriages between…
