Hey, look! It's an edumacational meme!

[grammargirl]

For the first time in something like two weeks, I finished everything I was supposed to finish at work today. In celebration, I present the following, courtesy of strangerface :

As was demonstrated in an interview with Katie Couric, Sarah Palin is unable to name any Supreme Court Case other than Roe v. Wade.

The Rules: Post info about ONE Supreme Court decision, modern or historic, to your lj. (Any decision, as long as it's not Roe v. Wade.) For those who see this on your f-list, take the meme to your OWN lj to spread the fun.)

Brown Vs. The Board of Education of Topeka was the historic case that overturned the "separate but equal" doctrine and declared racial segregation in educational institutions to be unconstitutional.

Per Wikipedia:

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 347 U.S. 483 (1954),^[1] was a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court, which overturned earlier rulings going back to Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896, by declaring that state laws that established separate public schools for black and white students denied black children equal educational opportunities. Handed down on May 17, 1954, the Warren Court's unanimous (9-0) decision stated that "separate educational facilities are inherently unequal." As a result, de jure racial segregation was ruled a violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution. This victory paved the way for integration and the civil rights movement.^[2]

Comments

[spectralbovine.livejournal.com]

That's totally the one I thought of first!! Hee.

[theotherjay.livejournal.com]

I approve of this meme, although I think it would be unfair for me to participate.

/oh, for the opportunity to debate constitutional law with Sarah Palin on primetime

[grammargirl.livejournal.com]

On the contrary, I think you of all people should participate. The point is education, after all, and who better to educate about con law than someone who has actively studied it?