Question

abolish distinctions based upon color, or to enforce social, as distinguished from political equality, or a commingling of the two races upon terms unsatisfactory to either. laws permitting, and even requiring, their separation in places where they are liable to be brought into contact do not necessarily imply the inferiority of either race to the other, and have been generally, if not universally, recognized as within the competency of the state legislatures in the exercise of their police power. the most common instance of this is connected with the establishment of separate schools for white and colored children, which has been held to be a valid exercise of the legislative power even by courts of states where the political rights of the colored race have been longest and most earnestly enforced. explain how this decision legally interpreted the constitution prior to the civil rights movement (1 point) the decision used strict constructionism by explaining the federal power to legislate education within state borders. the decision used liberal constructionism by citing the precedent of separate educational facilities are inherently unequal the decision used liberal constructionism by interpreting the amendments authors intent to explain the fourteenth amendment the decision used strict constructionism by refraining from attempting to decipher the intent behind the fourteenth amendment.

Explanation:

Strict constructionism focuses on the literal text of the Constitution without delving into unstated intentions. The text in question does not try to interpret the "author's intent" behind the Fourteenth Amendment (which would be liberal constructionism). It simply states that laws permitting separation (like separate schools) are within state legislative power (police power) as long as they don't imply inferiority. This is in line with strict constructionism's approach of sticking to the text and not inferring deeper, unstated meanings.

Answer:

The decision used strict constructionism by refraining from attempting to decipher the intent behind the Fourteenth Amendment.