Supreme Court Case by Crystal Aguirre https://padlet.com/caguir9656/vv4ua3abqhp46jok Ruby Aguirre Loving v Virginia (1987) en-us 2020-11-18 17:07:56 UTC 2023-05-27 09:19:50 UTC hello@padlet.com Chief Justice: Earl Warren caguir9656 https://padlet.com/caguir9656/vv4ua3abqhp46jok/wish/937796279 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 ]]> 2020-11-18 17:17:34 UTC https://padlet.com/caguir9656/vv4ua3abqhp46jok/wish/937796279 caguir9656 https://padlet.com/caguir9656/vv4ua3abqhp46jok/wish/937846362 2020-11-18 17:26:38 UTC https://padlet.com/caguir9656/vv4ua3abqhp46jok/wish/937846362 Background information caguir9656 https://padlet.com/caguir9656/vv4ua3abqhp46jok/wish/937856543 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. ]]> 2020-11-18 17:28:31 UTC https://padlet.com/caguir9656/vv4ua3abqhp46jok/wish/937856543 The Lower Court caguir9656 https://padlet.com/caguir9656/vv4ua3abqhp46jok/wish/945616761 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  ]]> 2020-11-20 15:18:46 UTC https://padlet.com/caguir9656/vv4ua3abqhp46jok/wish/945616761 Petitioner caguir9656 https://padlet.com/caguir9656/vv4ua3abqhp46jok/wish/945627177 The Virginia statute banning interracial marriages were inconsistent with the 14th Amendment ]]> 2020-11-20 15:20:54 UTC https://padlet.com/caguir9656/vv4ua3abqhp46jok/wish/945627177 Counterargument caguir9656 https://padlet.com/caguir9656/vv4ua3abqhp46jok/wish/945642190 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. ]]> 2020-11-20 15:24:05 UTC https://padlet.com/caguir9656/vv4ua3abqhp46jok/wish/945642190 Supreme Court Case Question caguir9656 https://padlet.com/caguir9656/vv4ua3abqhp46jok/wish/945655939 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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]]> 2020-11-20 15:26:55 UTC https://padlet.com/caguir9656/vv4ua3abqhp46jok/wish/945655939 Dissenting and Concurring Opinions caguir9656 https://padlet.com/caguir9656/vv4ua3abqhp46jok/wish/945692401 There were none because the court decided on a unanimous decision ]]> 2020-11-20 15:34:40 UTC https://padlet.com/caguir9656/vv4ua3abqhp46jok/wish/945692401 Significance of This Case caguir9656 https://padlet.com/caguir9656/vv4ua3abqhp46jok/wish/945696951 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. ]]> 2020-11-20 15:35:30 UTC https://padlet.com/caguir9656/vv4ua3abqhp46jok/wish/945696951 caguir9656 https://padlet.com/caguir9656/vv4ua3abqhp46jok/wish/945708568 2020-11-20 15:37:53 UTC https://padlet.com/caguir9656/vv4ua3abqhp46jok/wish/945708568 Judicial Activism caguir9656 https://padlet.com/caguir9656/vv4ua3abqhp46jok/wish/945735772
  • Ruled that state bans on interracial couples was unconstitutional . 
  • Court ruling violated the Virginia anti miscegenation law
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