Loving V. Virginia Summary

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The primary issue in the Loving v. Virginia case occurred when Richard Loving and Mildred Jeter got married in the District of Columbia and returned to Virginia where the Lovings were said to be evading the law of their state, and their marriage was deemed illegal under state law. So, the constitutionality of Virginia's statutes that went against miscegenation and prohibited interracial marriages between individuals was taken to the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court provided two reasons under the Fourteenth Amendment that the Virginia statute should be overturned. The first rationale used by the Supreme Court was based on the Equal Protection Clause. This clause prohibits states from denying any person within their jurisdiction equal protection