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| everything but white males. Historically treated badly. |
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| National Association for the Advancement of Colored People- only group left in the world to use the term "colored people" |
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| NAACP lawyer for Linda Brown in Brown v. Board I. Also first African American justice on the SCOTUS. |
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| Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka |
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| 1954. Separate is not equal. The first one made the decision, the second focused on plans for desegregation and integration- "all deliberate speed" |
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| no discrimination in public facilities and in voter registration. Fed gov't can hold money from states and local areas not complying. |
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| no poll tax. Get out, poll tax. Nobody liked you anyway. |
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| Voting Rights Act of 1965 |
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| no literacy tests. federal officials can register new voters. |
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| Office of Economic Opportunity |
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| set up by LBJ as part of the Great Society to work on equal hiring and education practices. |
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| Native American Rights Fund |
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| money designed to bring Native American law cases to court. |
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| First Native American Congressman, elected in 1992. From Colorado. |
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| legal doctrine depriving married women from any identity different from that of their husbands. began to go away mid-nineteenth century. |
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| women's suffrage movement |
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| right to vote for women. Probably began around 1848 at the Seneca Falls convention in NY, where the Document of Sentiments was drafted. |
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| signed by 100 men and women in support of women's rights at the Seneca Falls convention of 1848 in NY. |
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| 1920. Women's right to vote. No vote shall be denied on the basis of sex. |
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| 1970's. different treatment of genders must be "reasonable, not arbitrary, and must rest on blahdslf kjasldf" you get the picture. |
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| 1981. Only men can and must register for the draft. |
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| failed attempt to add this to constitution: "Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State on account of sex." By 1978, 3 states had failed to ratify. Many feared it would send women to combat. |
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| Webster v. Reproductive Health Services |
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| 1989. Some state restrictions on abortions. Scalia gets pissed at O'Connor for not overturning Roe v. Wade. |
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| comparison of men's paychecks to women's |
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| National Organization for Women. Tries to get women to do better. I dunno, why are you asking me?! |
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| prevents teaching in any language other than English. is causing a commotion. Apparently caused by some guy named Ron Unz. |
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| English as a Second Language. Involves some issues like foreigners having to take classes in english when they actually speak another language better. |
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| part of the Department of the Interior. Helps with benefits provided to Native Americans by the United States government. |
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| Asians were thrown in these during WWII. It was not very nice or fair. |
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| American Association of Retired Persons. Over 30 million members. They lobby Congress to help with the rights of older Americans- health, housing, taxes, transportation, etc. |
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| Casey Martin was prevented from walking the full golf course for some reason, so he wanted to use a golf cart. The PGA would not let him. I can't even remember who won. |
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| Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. Designed to provide equal treatment and education for kids with disabilities. Most recently amended in 2004. |
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| 1990. Americans with Disabilities Act. Extended protections of races and women to the disabled. |
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| 1986. Forbidding homosexual rights is constitutional, based on original intent- since they banned it in 1776, it must be illegal now! This decision does NOT hold today. It was overturned by Lawrence v. Texas. |
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| 1996. It ain't cool to deliberately make laws to prevent homosexual activity. |
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| Equality of opportunity vs. Equality of result |
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| Equality of results people like affirmative action. Equality of opportunity people call it reverse discrimination. Man, is their name ironic. |
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| 1978. White guy says he was discriminated against. Court agrees- quotas are unconstitutional, but affirmative action is ok. |
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| Screw slavery. Slavery sucks. |
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| women fighting for their rights and stuff. especially to vote. |
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| Sponsored by Henry Hyde. No federal money permitted for abortion except when the mom's life is in danger. |
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| Casey v. Planned Parenthood |
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| I think I might have done this one already. Eliminated the wacky trimester system for abortion that Blackmun set up in Roe v. Wade, but still allowed abortions. |
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| 2003. Overturning Hardwick, SC finds that TX law banning homosexual sodomy is unconstitutional. |
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| state must have "compelling interest" for enacting law in restricting 1st amendment freedoms, and must use "least restrictive means." Used for cases involving suspect classes. |
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