2014 Event The Spanish region of Catalonia holds a referendum on independence, despite the ruling by the Spanish court that the vote is unconstitutional; though the government did not interfere with the vote, it will not recognize the results 2014 Event After a federal judge ruled that Utah's same-sex ban on gay marriage was unconstitutional, the Supreme Court had to place the lower-court ruling on hold pending an appeal by the state 2012 Event The Constitutional Council of France strikes down a plan to impose a 75 percent marginal income tax rate on the wealthy, calling the 'supertax' unconstitutional and unfair 2012 Event In Illinois, a Cook County Circuit Court rules that the tax Amazon.com levied on Internet businesses by the U.S. state of Illinois is unconstitutional 2005 Event The Supreme Court rules the death penalty unconstitutional for people who committed crimes before age 18 1998 Event U.S. district judge T. Hogan declares line-item veto law unconstitutional 1990 Event Supreme Court says law prohibiting desecration of U.S. flag unconstitutional 1988 Event Canada's Supreme court declares anti-abortion law unconstitutional 1968 Event Supreme Court declares Arkansas law banning teaching evolution in public schools unconstitutional 1966 Event U.S. Supreme Court rules the poll tax unconstitutional 1965 Event Supreme Court rules 1879 Connecticut law ban of contraceptives unconstitutional 1965 Event Supreme Court declares federal law allowing post office to intercept communist propaganda is unconstitutional 1964 Event Supreme Court rules unconstitutional to deprive naturalized citizens of citizenship if they return to home country for more than 3 years 1962 Event Supreme Court rules New York school prayer unconstitutional 1959 Event Supreme court rules La prohibiting black-white boxing unconstitutional 1948 Event Supreme Court rules relg instructions in pub schools unconstitutional 1946 Event U.S. Supreme Court rules race separation on buses, unconstitutional 1944 Event Supreme Court (Smith vs. Allwright) "white primaries" unconstitutional 1935 Event Supreme Court declares FDR's National Recovery Act unconstitutional 1921 Event Supreme Court rules labor injunctions and picketing unconstitutional 1918 Event Supreme Court rules child labor laws unconstitutional 1905 Event U.S. Supreme Court judges maximum work day unconstitutional 1883 Event Supreme Court declares Civil Rights Act of 1875 unconstitutional 1855 Event Wisconsin Supreme Court declares U.S. Fugitive Slave Law unconstitutional 1803 Event Supreme Court 1st rules a law unconstitutional (Marbury vs. Madison) 1766 Event Stamp Act declared unconstitutional in Virginia
