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2 days ago · The amendment, particularly its first section, is one of the most litigated parts of the Constitution, forming the basis for landmark Supreme Court decisions such as Brown v. Board of Education (1954) regarding racial segregation, Loving v. Virginia (1967) regarding interracial marriage, Roe v.
4 days ago · Voting Rights Act, U.S. legislation (1965) that aimed to overcome legal barriers at the state and local levels that prevented African Americans from exercising their right to vote under the Fifteenth Amendment (1870) to the United States Constitution.
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3 days ago · In 1798, Congress, which contained several of the ratifiers of the First Amendment at the time, adopted the Alien and Sedition Acts.The laws prohibited the publication of "false, scandalous, and malicious writings against the government of the United States, or either house of the Congress of the United States, or the President of the United States, with intent to defame ... or to bring them ...
4 days ago · The Johnson Amendment prohibits 501(c)(3) organizations from participating or intervening in a political campaign on behalf of (or in opposition to) any candidate for public office. This is a strict ban that does not allow for even minimal campaigning activity.
May 24, 2024 · President Andrew Johnson, who sought easy terms for reunions with ex-rebels, was virtually powerless; he escaped by one vote removal through impeachment. Congress enfranchised Black men and temporarily suspended many ex-Confederate leaders of the right to hold office.
3 days ago · Roe v. Wade, legal case in which the U.S. Supreme Court on January 22, 1973, ruled (7–2) that unduly restrictive state regulation of abortion is unconstitutional. The Court held that a set of Texas statutes criminalizing abortion in most instances violated a constitutional right to privacy.
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1 day ago · Brown v. Board of Education (1954): ended the practice of "separate but equal," or racial segregation, in schools. Miranda v. Arizona (1966): defined an arrested suspect's rights against self-incrimination and to have an attorney.
