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COMMENTARY: Marriage Rights and the Myth of Activist Judges (Wednesday 18 June 2008)
The California Supreme Court has granted same-sex couples the right to marry, restarting debates on privacy, family and civil rights as well as ''activist judges.''
Civil Rights Laws & Human Rights Laws
Information about civil and human rights laws.
May 20, 1996: The Supreme Court decides Romer v Evans, striking down a Colorado amendment which prohibits any lesbian or gay civil rights protections. (Friday 9 May 2008)
The Supreme Court makes a landmark decision for gay and lesbian civil rights.
May 18, 1896: The Supreme Court established the Separate but Equal Doctrine in Plessy v. Ferguson (Friday 9 May 2008)
The Supreme Court rules in the case of Plessy v. Ferguson, upholding a Louisiana law that legalized racial segregation.
May 14, 1961: Segregationists firebomb a Freedom Riders bus in Alabama (Friday 9 May 2008)
''Freedom Riders'' from the Congress of Racial Equality are firebombed and attacked in Alabama.
May 3, 1948: The Supreme Court rules that covenants prohibiting the sale of real estate to minorities are unenforceable (Thursday 1 May 2008)
The Supreme Court rules that restrictive covenants in real estate are unenforceable.
