Brown Vs. Board Of Education Case Study

The system of checks and balances is achieved through the judicial application of the Fourteenth Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause simply by the federal government being able to overpower a state’s government. For instance, if someone born in the United States wanted citizenship in some state, and the state denies them that right, the federal government can come in with the Fourteenth Amendment and overpower the state’s decision. This can happen because the equal protection clause in the Fourteenth Amendment grants citizenship to all people born or naturalized in the United States.
In 1954, the Brown vs. Board of Education case took place right here in Topeka Kansas. This case occurred because the Brown family just so happened to live near