The opinion was the first of any state to strike down an anti-miscegenation law in the United States.
Last year, the courts struck down a law barring loitering in the terminal.
The Congress recently gave illegitimate children full legal rights and struck down a law that made male homosexual intercourse illegal.
No British judge can strike down a repressive law.
Hand's democratic respect for legislation meant that he hardly ever struck down a law.
A court that decides otherwise and strikes down such a law is acting undemocratically.
Here is the question we asked: How often has each justice voted to strike down a law passed by Congress?
The Court struck down a law prohibiting professionals from advertising as it was too broad.
The majority opinion in the case struck down a law requiring a married woman to notify her husband before having an abortion.
It also struck down a federal law that let women sue their attackers in federal court.
