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| Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857) |
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| slaves were not protected by the consititution. |
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| Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) |
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| seperate but equal constitutional |
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| Brown v. Board of Education (1954) |
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| seperate but equal unconstitutional |
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| Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (1971) |
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| busing kids to schools to achieve racial diveristy irregarless of geography ok because it ensures everyone would have equal educational oppurtunities |
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| Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle (2007) |
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| race cannot be used in specific schools solely to create racial diversity not a compelling state interest. followup to swann |
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| Hernandez v. Texas (1954) |
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| equal protection extends to racial groups (here it concerned jury selection) |
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| Korematsu v. United States (1944) |
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| Japanese interment ok (gov meet strict scrutiny standard) |
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| laws based on gender deserve intermediate scrutiny |
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| Bowers v. Hardwick (1986) |
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| sodomy laws constitutional |
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states cannot ban sodomy due to the due process clause
overturns Bowers v. Hardwick |
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| anti-antidiscrimination laws are unconstituional (this case involed colorado amendment to stop any special status used for homosexuals) |
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| University of California v. Bakke (1978) |
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| racial quotas are unconstitutional however race can be taken into consideration in admission decisions for the benifits of diversity in the classroom |
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| Adarand Constructors v. Pena (1995) |
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| racial rules by the federal government are subject to strict scrutiny (the case here involved favoring minorities for construction projects) |
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upheld Powell's concurring opinion in Bakke in that narrowly tailored affirmative action rules for obtaining educational benifits of diversity was ok
law school |
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| Gratz v. Bollinger (2003) |
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admissions plans with a point system for minorities (affirmative action) was unconsitutional as it was too mechanistic
undergraduate |
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