Read the summary of the United States v. Wong Kim Ark Supreme Court case. Wong Kim Ark was born in 1873 in the United States to parents who were Chinese citizens living and working in San Francisco. In 1895, Wong was denied entry to the United States when returning from a trip to China. US officials claimed that Wong was not an American citizen because China traced citizenship through bloodlines. Rather than accept the decision, Wong challenged the ruling on the grounds of the 14th Amendment. The case eventually reached the Supreme Court. In 1898, the court ruled in a 6–2 decision that Wong was an American citizen based on his birth in the United States.
Which group gained the right to vote with the passage of the 26th Amendment?
Which statement best describes the process of amending the US Constitution?
How many members of Congress must approve a proposal to begin the amendment process?
How many state legislatures or conventions must approve an amendment to ratify it?
Which amendment extended the right to vote to African American men?
The 15th Amendment protects the right to vote based on which category?
Read the summary of the Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka Supreme Court case.The Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka Supreme Court case combined five different cases centering on state-sponsored segregation in public schools. Thurgood Marshall, who later became a Supreme Court justice, argued the case against school segregation. In the 1896 Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson, the Court had ruled that separate facilities for black and white people were legal as long as there was no meaningful difference in the quality of the facilities. This became known as the "separate but equal” rule. Marshall argued that separate schools could never be equal and were thus unconstitutional.
Read remarks by Justice Anthony M. Kennedy in the majority opinion for the Obergefell v. Hodges case. In 2015, the Supreme Court ruled 5–4 that same-sex couples have the legal right to marry.[T]he right to marry is a fundamental right inherent in the liberty of the person, and under the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment couples of the same-sex may not be deprived of that right and that liberty. Same-sex couples may exercise the fundamental right to marry. Baker v. Nelson is overruled. The State laws challenged by the petitioners in these cases are held invalid to the extent they exclude same-sex couples from civil marriage on the same terms and conditions as opposite-sex couples.–Anthony M. Kennedy, June 26, 2015
What is an exception to the 13th Amendment?
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