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Ruled that state bans on interracial couples was unconstitutional .

Court ruling violated the Virginia anti miscegenation law

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The Court also held that the Virginia law violated the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. 

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Associate Justices: Hugo Black, William O. Douglas, Tom C. Clark,  John M. Harlan II,  William J. Brennan Jr, Potter Stewart,  Bryon White and Abe Fortas

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How Loving v. Virginia Led to Legalized Interracial Marriage | History

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The Virginia statute banning interracial marriages were inconsistent with the 14th Amendment

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An interracial couple goes out of state to marry because it was illegal to in their home state of Virginia. They were charged for violating a state statute, they were then charged and sentenced with a year in jail by the lower court. The couple then sued the state court based on the grounds that the ban of interracial marriage in the United States was against the law.

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Virginia State Court of Appeals
Decision: Does not violate the 14th Amendment because both people received the same punishment, therefore they both had equal protection under the law and there was no violation of rights

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Did Virginia's anti miscegenation law violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment?
Answer: The Court  found that racial classifications were not subject to a "rational purpose" test under the Fourteenth Amendment. So the states arguments were not legitimate.
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The statute did not infringe on the couples right to equal
protection under the law because the punishments were the same for both white people and people of color.

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The Supreme Court ruled that the Virginia law violated the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The court said that the state does not have the power to infringe on who someone wants to marry This case banned any states controlling who marries based on race and is the reason on why we get a free choice today.

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There were none because the court decided on a unanimous decision