Institute Index

February 3, 2011 - Date on which President Obama signed into law the Affordable Care Act implementing comprehensive health care reform: 3/23/2010 Date when a group of state attorneys general filed a lawsuit seeking to have the law declared unconstitutional in part because of its mandate that all Americans buy insurance: 3/23/2010

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January 21, 2011 - Date on which the U.S. Supreme Court issued the landmark Citizens United decision by a 5-4 vote, ending the prohibition on corporate spending in elections and allowing certain anonymous contributions: 1/21/2010 Amount of spending by outside groups in the 2010 U.S. mid-term elections: $294.2 million

January 13, 2011 - The constitutional amendment that guarantees citizenship and equal protection under the law to all persons born in the United States and under its jurisdiction: 14th

January 6, 2011 - Of the 10 U.S. gun dealers that sold the most firearms traced to crimes over the past four years, number in the South: 5 Of the 10 states with the most crime guns exported per 100,000 inhabitants, number in the South: 7*

December 20, 2010 -

December 16, 2010 - Over the past five years, percent of the 100 largest U.S. metro areas where racial segregation increased: 25 Percent of those same metro areas where segregation increased for Hispanics: 50

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