Board] Brown appealed to the Supreme Court which, after combining the case with other, similar ones, agreed to hear arguments in December 1952. After failing to come to a decision, they heard re-arguments in December 1953, requesting that both sides discuss circumstances surrounding the adoption of the 14th amendment, since that was the constitutional point at issue. ... It is required in the performance of our most basic public responsibilities, even service in the armed forces. ... Perhaps the reference to the thinking of the amendment's authors (including the requirement that b...

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