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1954 Supreme Court ruling that public schools segregated by race are unconstitutional.
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2015 Supreme Court case to decide whether the intent of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) was to provide subsidies only to people in states that provide their own health insurance exchange.
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1803 Supreme Court decision that established the principle that a court may void an act of Congress it deems unconstitutional.
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1896 Supreme Court ruling that racial segregation did not necessarily constitute unlawful discrimination.
The ruling allowed states to enforce laws that provided separate accommodations for blacks and whites. This included education, public transportation, and recreational facilities.
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1973 Supreme Court ruling that a woman's right to have an abortion is protected under the constitutional right to privacy.
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The ruling segmented pregnancies into trimesters...
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