Cases such as Loving v.Virginia and Griswold v.Connecticut illustrate that:

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Loving v. Virginia and Griswold v. Connecticut both involved state statutes that were found to violate fundamental rights guaranteed under the Constitution, specifically the Fourteenth and Ninth Amendments. In Loving v. Virginia, the statute prohibiting interracial marriage was struck down as a violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. In Griswold v. Connecticut, the statute prohibiting the use of contraceptives was struck down as a violation of the right to privacy, which the Court found to be protected under the "penumbras" of the Bill of Rights. These cases demonstrate that the Supreme Court has the authority to overturn state statutes that are found to be unconstitutional, even if they were passed through a democratic process.

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