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Loving V Virginia
''Loving v. Virginia'', 388 U.S. 1 (1967), was a landmark civil rights decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court ruled that laws banning interracial marriage violate the Equal Protection and Due Process Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The case involved Mildred Loving, a woman of color, and her white husband Richard Loving, who in 1958 were sentenced to a year in prison for marrying each other. Their marriage violated Virginia's Racial Integrity Act of 1924, which criminalized marriage between people classified as "white" and people classified as "colored". The Lovings appealed their conviction to the Supreme Court of Virginia, which upheld it. They then appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, which agreed to hear their case. In June 1967, the Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision in the Lovings' favor and overturned their convictions. Its decision struck down Virginia's anti-miscegenation law and ended all race-based legal restrictions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Motion To Vacate
A motion to vacate is a formal proposal, either to 'vacate' (or reverse) the decision in a matter which had previously been formally ruled upon or decided, or to replace the holder of a presiding position. Legal use In the legal context, a motion to vacate is a formal request to overturn a court's earlier judgment, order, or sentence. This typically involves an lawyer, attorney filing a written motion (legal), legal motion for consideration by a judge. Parliamentary use In a Parliamentary procedure, parliamentary context, as used in a legislative body, a motion to vacate is made by a member of the body to propose that the chairman, presiding officer (or 'chair') step down. That is commonly referred to as a "motion to vacate the chair". In the U.S. House of Representatives The use of a motion to vacate the chair has been very rare in the United States House of Representatives, despite the fact that under House rules it is considered a privileged motion, meaning any Member can of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
