-
Dred scott was denied his rights as a citizen due to the fact that his ancestors were slaves
-
The 13th amendment abolished slavery in the united states
-
The 14th amendment Stated that the right to vote would not be denied based on racial discrimination
-
Granted all (male) citizens the right to vote regardless of ethnicity or status
-
Determined that "Separate but equal" was constitutional
-
Granted women the right to vote
-
Determined that segregated schools were unconstitutional, and set in motion integration
-
Prevented taxation of polls
-
Prohibited discrimination based on race, sex, or religion. (so like you can't deny a person a job because of their skin color)
-
Outlawed discriminatory voting practices such as literacy tests
-
prohibits employment based on race sex or religion, (so like you can't immediately give a person a job just to be inclusive based on these things)
-
gave legal equality to women, (so like women can now apply for the same jobs a man can, and do the same things and so on and so forth)
-
prohibits sex based discrimination in educational settings
-
determined that the usage of race as a means of admission into higher education programs was permissible by the constitution
-
Denied homosexual people their right to engage in consensual private practices of sodomy
-
prohibits discrimination based on disability
-
required voters to show some means of displaying their legal identity before voting.
-
declared the section 4 of the voting rights act was unconstitutional as they held an unconstitutional violation of the power to regulate elections
-
Recognized same sex marriage