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Dred Scott was a slave bought by Emerson. His owner then moved into a free territory where slavery was banned. Emerson died and gave Scott and his family to his wife Eliza Sanford, they sought to buy their freedom but Sanford refused. Scott sued her and it was decided that African-Americans are not citizens and cannot sue in federal court and that slaves are considered property and even if moved to a free territory, they aren't free.
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Abolished Slavery and Involuntary Servitude, unless it was punishment for a crime.
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Made anyone born in the United States an automatic citizen. Cannot deprive person of life, liberty, or property without due process nor deny any person of equal protection.
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Cannot deny any person the right to vote based on race or status of servitude.
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Taxes placed on voting polls.
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Where only whites were allowed to vote in primaries.
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Upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation in public accommodations a s long as they are of equal quality.
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Cannot not deny the right to vote based on sex, it gave women the right to vote.
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Declared segregation in schools unconstitutional.
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Policy favoring those who tend to be discriminated against.
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Cannot deny someone the right to vote in federal elections if they fail to pay a poll tax, prohibits poll taxes.
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Outlaws discrimination based on race, sex, religion, color, or national origin.
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Prohibits racial discrimination in voting, including things such as literacy tests.
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Ruled that administrators of cannot discriminate between sexes.
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Proposed amendment designed to guarantee equal rights for American citizens regardless of sex, it failed to pass.
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Ruled that racial quotas are unconstitutional but held that some affirmative action programs could be constitutional in certain circumstances.
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Prohibits discrimination based on disability.
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Made same sex activity legal in all states and territories and struck down sodomy laws.
