Classical Liberal Norms

For this assignment, you will need to evaluate the bolded statement below. You do not need to do any outside research, but if you do use outside sources be sure to include a full citation at the end of your paper so that the reader can easily locate the source. As usual, you can agree, disagree or agree in part and disagree in part with the statement. A good essay will begin with a strong statement of your thesis and will then support your thesis with facts and ideas that we have covered in the course so far. All essays should be completely free of typos and mechanical errors. Your paper cannot exceed 900 words in length. Any writing beyond 900 words will not be read or considered for evaluation.Brown v. Board of Education was an unjustified grab for political power by the U.S. Supreme Court. The decision violated classical republican norms by dictating policy to democratically elected state legislatures. It violated classical liberal norms by replacing one form of required social ordering – segregation – with another required form – integration- instead of leaving citizens free to choose with whom to associate. It violated common law norms by overturning a long-standing precedent without finding that Plessy’s reasoning was defective. The only justification for the decision was a weak appeal to social science. In Brown, the Court exceeded the constitution’s limits on U.S. Supreme Court authority and unconstitutionally pre-empted state legislative prerogatives.