The Court ruled that although it was a legitimate goal for state legislatures to take race into account when they draw electoral districts in order to increase the voting strength of minorities, they may not make race the sole reason for drawing district lines. A person who cannot afford an attorney may have one appointed by the government Maryland was trying to tax the national bank and Supreme Court ruled that federal law was stronger than the state law corporate funding of independent political broadcasts can't be limited

overruled Plessy v. Ferguson, declared that racially segregated facilities are inherently unequal, and ordered all public schools desegregated. Amish do not have to attend school after 8th grade - right to freedom of expression corporate funding of independent political broadcasts can't be limited This case establishes the Supreme Court's power of Judicial Review

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corporate funding of independent political broadcasts can't be limited Students have the right to symbolic speech at school as long as it is not disruptive This case establishes the Supreme Court's power of Judicial Review Incorporated the 2nd Amendment right to bear arms to the states

Maryland was trying to tax the national bank and Supreme Court ruled that federal law was stronger than the state law Eliminated prior restraint. protected freedom of the press by allowing the New York Times to publish the "Pentagon Papers" despite the Justice Department's order to restrict it. legalized abortion on the basis of a woman's right to privacy legalized abortion on the basis of a woman's right to privacy