The Supreme Court's decision holding segregation in the public schools unconstitutional in Brown v. Board of Education,(1954) overturned the "separate but equal" doctrine allowed by Plessy v. Ferguson, (1896).
In Brown, the Court ruled unanimously that "separate but equal" was "inherently unequal" in that it denied equal educational opportunities to minorities. The decision in Brown invoked the Fourteenth Amendment Equal Protection Clause.
Case Citation:
Brown v. Board of Education, 347 US 483 (1954)
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Brown vs. Board overturned the Supreme Court decision of Plessy vs. Ferguson. That decision ruled that having separate facilities for African-Americans and white people was constitutional so long as these facilities remained equal. Brown vs. Board proved that these separate conditions were not kept equal, and Plessy vs. Ferguson was overturned.
That the Supreme Court decision was both unnecessary and invalid.
No but the supreme court made it invalid with the Dred Scot decision
The Supreme Court decided that the doctrine of "separate but equal" (first put forth in Plessy vs. Ferguson 1896) was inherently unequal.
No, not in the United States. Supreme Court decisions create common law.
Yes. As a verdict of the Supreme Court, it could hardly have been otherwise. But it was still an astounding decision, rendering invalid both the important Compromises (1820 and 1850) over which so many distinguished men had laboured long and hard, for the sake of averting war.
A law that goes against the constitution is considered unconstitutional and is not valid. This means that the law cannot be enforced, and individuals can challenge it in court to seek its invalidation. The constitution serves as the supreme law of the land, and any legislation conflicting with it is rendered void.
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The Supreme Court had declared slavery to be legal in every state of the Union, based on their interpretation of the Constitution - that the Founding Fathers would have included slaves in their definition of property when they declared that a man's property was sacred. This rendered all the Compromises invalid, and divided the nation even further than it was already.
In the famous Marbury vs. Madison case in 1803, the US Supreme Court ruled that it had the power of judicial review. This entailed that the Court has the power to determine if a bill passed by Congress and signed into law by the President is in accordance with the US Constitution. By its own power the Court could either declare a law valid and thus "Constitutional" or if invalid, to be reversed.