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Supreme court determined the united states constitution was not made for black people whether or not they where slaves or free.
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Basically banned slavery of any kind except punishment for some sort of crime.
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Anyone born in the united states is a citizen. Everyone who was born and is a citizen is gets all the immunities and privileges as normal. States also cannot pass laws to deny these privileges without do process of law
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Gives any United states citizen the right to vote and it cannot be taken away do to race or color.
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State-Mandated segregation laws did not violate the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment
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Granted women the right to vote
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Primary Elections held in Southern states where only white people could vote
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Ruled that segregation in public schools was unconstitutional
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Favoring individuals belonging to groups known to have been discriminated against previously. JFK wanted to put this in place for government employers
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Right of citizens to vote for any primary election or senator or member of congress cannot be denied by Federal or State Legislature.
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This was used so certain people had to pay a tax if they wanted to vote. This was abolished in the 24th Amendment
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Cannot discriminate someone based off of sex, gender, race/color, nationality
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Prohibits racial discrimination when a person of color wants to vote
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Supreme court ruled that administrators of estates cannot be named in a way that discriminate between sexes.
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Guaranteed all legal rights would be the same regardless of sex
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Any Racial Quota for the purpose of admissions supported by a government entity violates the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment
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Hardwick was having consensual sex with another man which violated one of Georgia's laws. Supreme court said there constitutional protection of acts of sodomy
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Prohibits discrimination to someone because of a disability that they have
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State governments cannot discriminate and criminalize against consensual sexual conduct between homosexuals
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A case where the supreme court used the 14th amendment to legalize gay marriage
