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Bill Clinton: That's right. If the facilities were equal, they could be separate without violating the 14th amendment, right? So the…

On the recordMay 17, 1994
That's right. If the facilities were equal, they could be separate without violating the 14th amendment, right? So the Brown decision overruled that. Now, why did they overrule that? What was the argument? Why was ``separate but equal''--what's the matter with that? Go ahead.
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Bill Clinton
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