Question

What do these headlines say about how the Supreme Court has addressed the principle of equality on which the united States was founded?

Answer 1

They reveal that the court has sometimes failed to enforce equality and later changed its mind

Answer 2

The answer is: They showed that the court has enforced equal rights for a variety of groups that have been discriminated against.

Prior to the civil rights act, the supreme court openly discriminate their decisions against minorities.

To justify their actions, the highlight how the constitution only intended to support 'citizens' while the minorities at that time were not considered to be one. They started to change their opinion regarding this issue after several headlines were made by journalists to address their decisions.