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> there's no impetus to pass a new law repealing a law that's already been invalidated. Well... in 2000 (!), Alabama repealed its laws against interracial marr
by impendia 13y ago
> there's no impetus to pass a new law repealing a law that's already been invalidated.
Well... in 2000 (!), Alabama repealed its laws against interracial marriage, which had been invalidated in 1967 in Loving v. Virginia.
http://www.salon.com/2001/03/08/sollors/ http://www.salon.com/2001/03/08/sollors/
- pc86 13y agoAnd the reason it took until 2000 was inertia. It was a completely symbolic repeal of a law nobody had enforced for some time. I’m not sure what your point here is. EDIT: Grammar.