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If judges were directly accountable to public opinion, how different do you think cases like Brown v. Board of

Education would have been ruled?

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They would’ve have ruled in favor of the school due to the segregation and racial inequality that was going on at the time.
User Tharaka Deshan
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The Supreme Court might have ruled in favor of the school board because back then as unfair as it is whites were considered more superior.
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