How Did the 14th Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause Get Interpreted After Brown v. Board of Education?
In 1954, Brown v. Board of Education transformed Equal Protection by rejecting “separate but equal” as inherently unequal in public schools. In the decades that followed, courts expanded, limited, and re-framed Brown’s principles through strict scrutiny, desegregation remedies, and later restrictions on race-conscious government action. This article traces the major post-Brown interpretations—covering implementation, intent vs. […]
