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The 14th Amendment has been influential in the development of civil rights law within the U.S., particularly in racial equality cases, gender equality cases, and other discrimination cases. -
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The Court ruled that the law was not a violation of due process, although only some landowners would directly profit from the irrigation project. The Court's rationale was that the irrigation project constituted a "public use" since it was viewed as helping the economy of the state. -
U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the right of trial by jury in civil cases under the Seventh Amendment does not apply to civil trials in state courts. The Court examined the due process clause of the 14th Amendment, whereby the Bill of Rights was made applicable to the states. -
The poll tax, as a financial barrier, was viewed as an unjust method of disenfranchising people from the democratic process, especially in light of its disproportionate impact on poor and marginalized communities. -
The nine African American students did attempt to go into the school but were blocked by the National Guard. The students were taken to a side door in an effort to bypass the group of angry white protesters that had gathered outside. -
It's when black people sit in the back and white people sit in front So The Swann ruling brought the utilization of busing as a common solution to desegregate public schools nationwide. It had a deep effect on cities and states that up to that point had been resistant to integration. -
The Equal Access Act is a significant piece of legislation safeguarding students' rights to establish religious, political, or philosophical clubs and is a focal point of the ongoing debate over the separation of church and state in public schools. -
Eric Michael Clark, a paranoid schizophrenic, was accused of murder in the shooting of an Arizona police officer. Clark attempted a testimony at the trial that his condition made him incapable of having the intent to commit murder. Despite Arizona law, the court permitted the testimony to be introduced solely in support of his insanity defense. -
In a 6-3 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the 1964 Civil Rights Act, which forbids sex discrimination in employment, also shields LGBTQ workers from being terminated based on their sexual orientation or gender identity. The ruling came from a number of cases concerning gay and transgender workers.