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2. Coverture laws referred to legislation relegating women to second-class societal status.
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3. Poor and indigent defendants received the right to counsel in death penalty cases due to the Supreme Court ruling in the case of Powell v. Alabama (1932).
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False
4. The decision in the United States v. Wong Kim Ark (1898) upheld the denial of citizenship for individuals of Chinese descent, this not be rectified until the passage of the Immigration and Nationality Act (1965).
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False
5. Speech codes at public universities have been deemed unconstitutional by the United States Supreme Court, although similar measures at private institutions remain in place.
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6. Although succeeding in being passed by Congress, the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) nonetheless failed to become an official amendment because the Supreme Court ruled the measure unconstitutional.
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7. The U.S. Supreme Court reaffirmed protections for hate or unpopular speech in its decision in the case of Snyder v. Phelps (2011).
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False
8. The United Farm Workers union, founded in Texas by Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta, campaigned for improved conditions and an end to public discrimination against agricultural laborers.
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