The United States is a nation of laws not of men and the law, as has been written, is what the judges say it is—ultimately the judges, or justices, of the U. S. Supreme Court. Next week marks the 54th year since the Supreme Court ruled, on May 17, 1954, in Brown v. Board of Education, that separate but equal public schools are illegal under the Constitution. It was an attempt to erase a glaring blemish on the American character that had been present since the founding of the republic. Still, today the blemish is smudged but not removed and equality in education is not yet a reality...
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