Frankfurter felt that the 14th Amendment did not have convincing proof that included the rights of black children to attend white schools. Marshall then spoke for the plaintiffs. He argued that the Supreme Court of today needed to end segregation of its public schools. Marshall said that it was even more important for the Justices to interpret the Constitution if it needed review. Davis stated that the equal protection of the 14th Amendment was never intended for integrated schools.
Constitution stands for.
On December 12,1953, the nine Justices met behind closed doors to discuss the case. In order of seniority, first Chief Justice Warren would make a brief statement on how the case should be decided. They each spoke turn by turn. After all had been discussed they took a vote in reverse order. After they voted around the table it seemed that a majority agreed with Warren.