The Constitution clearly states its principle of federalism by stating that powers not granted to the federal government nor prohibited to the states by the Constitution of the United States are reserved to the states or the people. ... Virginia which struck down Virginia's interracial marriage ban but the Minnesota Supreme Court famed Loving, concluding "in commonsense and in a constitutional sense, there is a clear distinction between a marital restriction based merely on race and one based upon the fundamental difference in sex" (Baker v.Nelson [1971]) Therefore, the court refused...

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