What did the ruling of Loving v. Virginia accomplish? 1: It helped uphold the rights for all accused and stated that those who cannot afford their own representation will be granted free legal representation in a court of law. 2: It ruled that the "separate but equal" clause, which legalized the segregation of schools, was unconstitutional 3: It determined that a state does not have the right to tax a federal bank operating within that state's jurisdiction.4 : It deemed a law that criminalized interracial marriage unconstitutional.