xkcd Bracket

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School Desegregation. State laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional. It stated that ''separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.''

Near v. Brown was a landslide victory for School Desegregation (96.97%)

Loving v. Lawrence, on the other hand, was a tie! As with other ties in tournaments I run, my vote doesn't count, and so Gay Sex narrowly beats Interracial Marriage.

Remember that this is a silly Tumblr poll, and these two things are not actually in conflict. So don't get too heated in the notes.

Pre-Publication Censorship is Unconstitutional. The case Near v. Minnesota is a landmark United States Supreme Court decision that found that prior restraints on publication violate freedom of the press as protected under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, a principle that was applied to free speech generally in subsequent jurisprudence. The Court ruled that a Minnesota law that targeted publishers of ''malicious'' or ''scandalous'' newspapers violated the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.

School Desegregation. State laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional. It stated that ''separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.''

Remember that this is a silly Tumblr poll, and these two things are not actually in conflict. So don't get too heated in the notes.

Interracial Marriage. State laws prohibiting interracial marriage were unconstitutional, and were struck down. This case was cited as precedent in Obergefell v. Hodges.

Gay Sex. Lawrence v. Texas ruled that sodomy laws were unconstitutional, making same-sex sexual activity legal in all US states and territories. It explicitly overturned another Supreme Court decision, Bowers v. Hardwick, a case which had previously ruled such laws to be constitutional.

The biggest landslide was Gay Sex beating Gay Marriage with a margin of 87.76%

The closest match was Interracial Marriage vs Abortion, with Interracial Marriage having a winning margin of just 51.61%