Loving v. Virginia
Marriage equality landmark
Loving v.
Virginia is a landmark 1967 U.S.
Supreme Court case that struck down laws prohibiting interracial marriage.
The unanimous ruling declared that Virginia's ban on marriages between white and nonwhite people violated the Fourteenth Amendment's equal protection and due process clauses.
The case, brought by Richard and Mildred Loving, effectively ended all remaining anti-miscegenation laws in the United States.
Post-Civil War constitutional addition
- fundamental rightsCore legal protections guaranteed
- judicial reviewCourts invalidating unconstitutional acts
- legal precedentPrior ruling with authority
- jurisprudencePhilosophy governing legal systems
civil liberties · strict scrutiny · state sovereignty · federalism · Bill of Rights · Obergefell v. Hodges
Same legal wedlock for all
- same-sex marriageWedlock between like genders
- Obergefell v. HodgesRuling legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide
- documentaryFactual film about reality
- anniversaryRecurring memorial date
Matrimony between different races
- unanimous decisionVerdict all agree on
- ACLUAdvocacy group for constitutional protections
- plaintiffsThose initiating lawsuits
- marriage licenseLegal authorization to wed
unconstitutional · invalidation · Washington D.C. · marriage equality
Prejudice based on ethnicity
- segregationForced separation by group
- Jim CrowRacial separation laws
- integrationCombining into a whole
- desegregationEnding enforced group separation
NAACP · injustice · racism · tolerance · equality · freedom · dignity · human rights
14th Amendment
Post-Civil War constitutional addition
- fundamental rightsCore legal protections guaranteed
- judicial reviewCourts invalidating unconstitutional acts
- legal precedentPrior ruling with authority
jurisprudence · civil liberties · strict scrutiny · state sovereignty · federalism · Bill of Rights · Obergefell v. Hodges
marriage equality
Same legal wedlock for all
- same-sex marriageWedlock between like genders
- Obergefell v. HodgesRuling legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide
- documentaryFactual film about reality
interracial marriage
Matrimony between different races
- unanimous decisionVerdict all agree on
- ACLUAdvocacy group for constitutional protections
- plaintiffsThose initiating lawsuits
marriage license · unconstitutional · invalidation · Washington D.C. · marriage equality
racial discrimination
Prejudice based on ethnicity
- segregationForced separation by group
- Jim CrowRacial separation laws
- integrationCombining into a whole
desegregation · NAACP · injustice · racism · tolerance · equality · freedom · dignity · human rights · social justice
- court rulingsrulings, divorce decree, judgments, annulment, verdicts
- Supreme Court CasesMarbury v. Madison, Brown v Board, Brown v. Board, Roe v Wade, Roe v. Wade
- Famous TrialsScopes Trial, Nuremberg Trials, Tokyo Trials, Ted Bundy
Loving v. Virginiaone-drop rule
Any ancestry means full classification
Loving v. VirginiaPlessy v. Ferguson
Ruling allowing racial separation
Loving v. VirginiaDefense of Marriage Act
Federal same-sex marriage ban
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