Question

Supreme Court rulings are often taken as interpretation of law of the times. Which of these events is an example of a Supreme Court previous ruling being overruled for modern interpretation?

Brown vs Board of Education Topeka, Kansas

Roe vs Wade

13th Amendment - Scott vs Sanford

All of the above

Answer 1

The event that is an example of a Supreme Court previous ruling being overruled for modern interpretation is the Brown vs Board of Education Topeka, Kansas.

In the Brown vs Board of Education Topeka, Kansas ruling, the Supreme Court decision overturned Plessy (1896) in 1954.