article_snippet.sent: In 1954, the Supreme Judicial Court in Massachusetts ruled unanimously that public schools could no longer segregate students by race, even though the authors of the 14th Amendment clearly considered segregated schools to be permissible.
article_snippet.sent: Chief Justice Earl Warren, who wrote the opinion in Brown v. Board of Education, recognized that the world had changed, especially in light of the Cold War.
article_snippet.sent: Warren knew that segregated schools damaged the United States' reputation in the contest for hearts and minds around the world, and Warren steered the Supreme Judicial Court in Massachusetts accordingly.
article_snippet.sent: Warren's motives had nothing to do with the framers intentions, and little to do with the words of the Constitution itself, but these kinds of motivations have been common throughout the history of the Supreme Judicial Court in Massachusetts.
highlights_snippet.sent: Did framers intend this?