Important Events of US Supreme Court

Important Events of US Supreme Court Related Important Events ⚡

Date of Event	Event / Incident
20 March 1816	The US Supreme Court affirmed the authority to review the state's decision.
19 June 1862	The US Congress banned slavery in the United States, expelled Drade Scott vs. Stanford. Drade Scott vs. Stanford was a decision of the US Supreme Court in which African Americans, whether slaves or independent, could not be an American citizen and therefore no one was standing to prosecute the federal court.
03 March 1879	The first American female lawyer stepped into the US Supreme Court (Belva Ann Bennett Lockwood)
17 May 1954	The US Supreme Court ruled the brown versus brown board of education in historical cases, which reflects racial isolation in public schools because 'separate educational facilities are naturally uneven. '
22 January 1973	The US Supreme Court gave legal recognition to abortion. The court ruled that women can undergo abortions within the first 6 months of becoming pregnant.
14 May 1973	The US Supreme Court approved equal rights for women in the military.
12 February 1988	Anthony Kennedy was appointed to the Supreme Court of United States.
20 May 1996	The US Supreme Court struck down laws in Colorado that would have prevented any jurisdiction in the state from taking any governmental action to protect homosexual citizens from discrimination on the basis of their sexual orientation.
20 May 1996	The US Supreme Court struck down laws in Colorado that would have prevented any jurisdiction in the state from taking any governmental action to protect homosexual citizens from discrimination on the basis of their sexual orientation.
05 December 2000	The US Supreme Court ruled in favor of George Bush in the presidential election.
29 June 2006	US Supreme Court Hamdan V. The military commissions established by Bushdimation violated both the US and international laws to try to try prisoners at Gwantanamo Bay, deciding that Rumsfeld gave his verdict.
03 December 2012	The former employees of General Motors have been allowed by the US Supreme Court to file a complaint against a unit of State Street Corp on alleged disturbances of their retirement savings.
23 July 2014	The two appeal courts create an illusion as the Obamakare issuing conflicting rules about the validity of subsidies offered through the insurance exchanges run by the federal vs. state; The ruling US Supreme Court is expected to be passed.
05 March 2014	The US Supreme Court rules the whistleblower protection under the Sarbanes-Oxely Act to be extended to private employees working for public companies under contract.