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supreme court case that ruled that African Americans are not citizens, and cannot sue in federal court. Congress does not have the power to ban slavery.
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Bans slavery, except as a punishment to a crime
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Everyone born in the United States is a citizen, and states can't make laws depriving people of life, liberty, and property or restrict the right to vote (for men)
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right to vote shall not be denied based on race or previous servitude
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tax people had to pay in order to vote, usually made sure blacks and poor whites couldn't vote
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primary elections held in the south where only white voters were allowed to participate
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upheld separate but equal laws
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white women's right to vote
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separate public schools for black children and white children are unconstitutional
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a policy of promoting education and employment among discriminated groups
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banned poll taxes
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outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin
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prohibited racial discrimination voting as a way to enforce the 15th Amendment
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prohibited differential treatment based on sex, in estates
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proposed amendment to guarantee equal legal rights regardless of sex
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allowed race to be a factor in college admission policy, but it made racial quotas illegal
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made consenting homosexual sex illegal
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prohibited discrimination based on disabilities, and provided reasonable accommodations to employees with disabilities
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overturned Bowers v Hardwick
