Smith v. Allwright, Sweatt v. Painter, Hernandez v. Texas, Brown v. Board, Roe v. Wade, Lawrence v. Texas, Obergefell v. Hodges, 14th, 10th, 15th, 19th, 24th Amendments, United States v. Texas, Carrington v. Rash, Dunn v. Blumstein, Beare v. Smith, Plural

Smith v. Allwright, Sweatt v. Painter, Hernandez v. Texas, Brown v. Board, Roe v. Wade, Lawrence v. Texas, Obergefell v. Hodges, 14th, 10th, 15th, 19th, 24th Amendments, United States v. Texas, Carrington v. Rash, Dunn v. Blumstein, Beare v. Smith, Plurality & Majority Vote, NAACP, Daniel Elazar, Moralistic & Individualistic & Traditionalistic Cultures, Cooperative & Dual & Coercive Federalism, Enumerated & Reserved & Concurrent Powers, Supremacy Clause, Separation of Powers, Checks and Balances Exam Questions Verified and Complete with A+ Graded Rationales Latest Updated 2026 Smith vs. Allwright (1944) Ruled that it was unconstitutional to deny membership in political parties to African Americans as a way of excluding them from voting in primaries; ended white primacy; 15th amendment Sweatt v. Painter (1950) State law schools had to admit black students, even if separate law schools for blacks existed; 14th amendment Hernandez v. Texas (1954) Supreme Court decision that extended protection against discrimination to Hispanics; 14th amendment Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka (1954) court decision that declared state laws segregating schools to be unconstitutional. Overturned Plessy v. Ferguson (1896); 14th amendment Roe v. Wade (1973) Abortion rights fall within the privacy implied in the 14th amendment Lawrence v. Texas (2003) Using right of privacy, struck down Texas law banning sodomy gay rights); 14th amendment Obergefell v. Hodges (2015) Same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marry; 14th amendment 14th Amendment Declares that all persons born in the U.S. are citizens and are guaranteed equal protection of the laws 10th Amendment Powers not given to federal government go to people and States 15th Amendment Citizens cannot be denied the right to vote because of race, color , or precious condition of servitude 19th Amendment Gave women the right to vote 24th Amendment Abolishes poll taxes united states vs texas ruled that poll taxes were unconstituitional Carrington vs Rash allowed military to vote Dunn vs Blumstein 1972 must be a resident for a year and three months beare vs smith the restriction that texas voters had to meet registration requirements by Jan 31 was voided A majority vote rule more than half the votes plurality vote rule whoever receives the most votes The funeral of Felix Longoria resulted in the spark that ignited Latino Texas to fight for civil rights. Grovey v. Townsend (1935) Upheld the Texas Democrats' whites-only election primary NAACP