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Supreme Court Decisions
various rulings in the supreme court
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11th Grade
04/11/2006

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Brown v. Board of Education
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Ruled segregation illegal in public schools.
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Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
Definition
It ruled that schools could use racial criteria as part of their admissions process as long as they did not use fixed quotas.
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Reynolds v. Sims
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It gave all citizen's votes equal weight.
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19th ammendment
Definition
The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any state on account of sex.
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24th ammendment
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The right of the citizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any state by reason of failure to pay any poll tax or other tax.
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26th ammendment
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The right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any state on the account of age.
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