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If the US Supreme Court agrees with the lower court ruling, the decision is "affirmed," and becomes legally final (res judicata).
No the Congress can not nullify a ruling of the Supreme Court. The Congress would have to rewrite the law which the Supreme Court had declared unconstitutional. Then the new law could overrule the Supreme Court IF the new law was declared constitutional if/when appealed.
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The Supreme Court's ruling is final and cannot be appealed. The United States Supreme Court consists of the Chief Justice of the United States and eight associate justices.
The US Supreme Court declared segregation on intrastate buses unconstitutional in Browder v. Gayle, 352 US 903 (1956). This ruling ended the 381-day Montgomery bus boycott lead by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
The Montgomery bus boycott began on 1 December 1955 and ended in victory with a US Supreme Court ruling on 20 December 1956.
No, a Supreme Court ruling cannot be overturned by Congress. The Supreme Court is the highest court in the United States and its decisions are final and binding. Congress does not have the authority to overturn a Supreme Court ruling.
No, the Supreme Court ruling cannot be overturned by any other court or government body.
The ruling made by the supreme court is that demonstrations on the private property is illegal.
Yes, if the Supreme Court agrees to hear a case, they will issue a ruling on it.
Yes, a Supreme Court ruling can be overturned through a subsequent Supreme Court decision or through a constitutional amendment passed by Congress and ratified by the states.
On November 13, 1956, the Supreme Court upheld the district court's ruling. This victory led to a city ordinance that allowed black bus passengers to sit virtually anywhere they wanted, and the boycott officially ended December 20, 1956. The boycott of the buses had lasted for 381 days. Martin Luther King, Jr. capped off the victory with a magnanimous speech to encourage acceptance of the decision. The Montgomery Bus Boycott also had ramifications that reached far beyond the desegregation of public buses and provided more than just a positive answer to the Supreme Court's action against racial segregation. The Montgomery Bus Boycott reverberated throughout the United States and stimulated the national Civil Rights Movement.
A Supreme Court ruling can be overturned through a process called judicial review, where a new case is brought before the Court that challenges the previous ruling. If the Court decides to hear the case and issues a new ruling that contradicts the previous one, the original ruling can be overturned. Additionally, a constitutional amendment or legislation passed by Congress can also overturn a Supreme Court ruling.
It wasn't just his boycott because all the other African Americans helped boycott by not using public transportation such as buses. Instead, they walked. The boycott is called the Montgomery Bus Boycott from December 1, 1955 to December 20, 1956 when the Supreme Court ruled that segregated bus are unconstitutional.
The Montgomery bus boycott began on December 5, 1955 and ended 381 days later on December 20, 1956, after the US Supreme Court declared segregated busing unconstitutional in Browder v. Gayle, (1956).
If the US Supreme Court agrees with the lower court ruling, the decision is "affirmed," and becomes legally final (res judicata).
No the Congress can not nullify a ruling of the Supreme Court. The Congress would have to rewrite the law which the Supreme Court had declared unconstitutional. Then the new law could overrule the Supreme Court IF the new law was declared constitutional if/when appealed.