"We Regard the Decision of the Supreme Court in the School

question 12

Multiple Choice

"We regard the decision of the Supreme Court in the school cases as a clear abuse of judicial power.It climaxes a trend in the Federal judiciary undertaking to legislate ...and to encroach upon the reserved rights of the states and the people. The original Constitution does not mention education.Neither does the Fourteenth Amendment nor any amendment....The Supreme Court of the United States,with no legal basis for such action,undertook to exercise their naked judicial power and substituted their personal political and social ideas for the established law of the land.
This unwarranted exercise of power by the court,contrary to the Constitution,is creating chaos and confusion in the states principally affected.It is destroying the amicable relations between the white and negro races that have been created through ninety years of patient effort by the good people of both races....
We pledge ourselves to use all lawful means to bring about a reversal of this decision which is contrary to the Constitution and to prevent the use of force in its implementation."
What was one argument that the Southern Manifesto on Integration gave for challenging the Brown decision?

• A) That the Warren Court had no jurisdiction over states' educational systems
• B) That the decision would sour relations between northern and southern blacks
• C) That the judges acted on their own beliefs rather than their judicial duties
• D) That African Americans in the South strongly opposed integration

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Definitions:

Clearly Stated

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Silence

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