In 1–2 sentences, develop an argument to support the concept of judicial restraint in the Supreme Court’s decisions of Plessy v. Ferguson and the concept of judicial activism in the Supreme Court’s decision of Brown v. Board of Education.(

Judicial restraint in Plessy v. Ferguson allowed the Supreme Court to defer to state and local laws regarding segregation, reflecting a cautious approach to social change and respecting the prevailing societal norms of the time. In contrast, judicial activism in Brown v. Board of Education exemplified a proactive stance by the Court to address and rectify systemic racial discrimination, recognizing that the doctrine of separate but equal was inherently unequal and detrimental to civil rights.