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.

Answer 1

Judicial restraint was upheld in the Supreme Court's decision in Plessy v. Ferguson, as it allowed for the preservation of social traditions and the constitutional principle of separate but equal; conversely, the concept of judicial activism was applied in the Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education to actively address and correct a longstanding injustice by declaring segregation in public schools unconstitutional.