Question

Topeka, how did the process of judicial review allow the Supreme Court to decide on the case?

A. The ruling was found in favor of the plaintiff, stating that the rule of law protected individuals from segregation in schools.
B. The ruling was found in favor of the defendant, stating that in education they are allowed to segregate.
C. The ruling was found in favor of the defendant, citing the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
D. The ruling was found in favor of the plaintiff, ruling that separate but equal is unconstitutional.

Answer 1

D. The Supreme Court, using judicial review, ruled for the plaintiffs in Brown v. Board of Education (1954), holding that "separate but equal" in public education violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and was therefore unconstitutional.