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United States Supreme Court Decisions Since 2000

Landmark decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States from 2000 onward, on elections, campaign finance, voting rights and marriage. A ruling belongs here when its cited article gives a decision date in 2000 or later. The group sits under the Judicial Decisions and Rulings subcategory of the Political Atlas and helps a reader browse that subcategory by when each one was adopted or decided. Each member is placed on the strength of the article it cites, so a reader can follow the grouping back to a stated source.

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Wikipedia: Obergefell v. Hodges
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Obergefell v. Hodges, 576 U.S. 644 (2015) ( OH-bər-gə-fel), is a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court which ruled that the fundamental right to marry is guaranteed to same-sex couples by both the Due Process Clause and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
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Wikipedia: Citizens United v. FEC
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Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, 558 U.S. 310 (2010), is a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of the United States ruling that certain campaign finance restrictions are inconsistent with the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment.
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Wikipedia: Bush v. Gore
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Bush v. Gore, 531 U.S. 98 (2000), is a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court on December 12, 2000, that settled a recount dispute in Florida's 2000 presidential election between George W. Bush and Al Gore.
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Shelby County v. Holder (Wikipedia)
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Shelby County v. Holder, 570 U.S. 529 (2013), is a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of the United States regarding the constitutionality of two provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965: Section 5, which requires certain states and local governments to obtain federal preclearance before implementing any changes to their voting laws or practices; and subsection (b) of Section 4, which contains the coverage formula that determines which jurisdictions are subject to preclearance based on their histories of racial discrimination in voting.
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