Comparative Analysis of SCOTUS Reasoning in Brown v. Board and Roe v. Wade

In the landmark cases of Brown v. Board of Education (1954) and Roe v. Wade (1973), the Supreme Court addressed issues rooted in civil rights and personal liberty, respectively. In Brown, the Court ruled that racial segregation in public schools violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. In Roe, the Court held that the right to privacy under the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment extended to a woman’s decision to have an abortion.

Compare and contrast the reasoning and decisions of these two Supreme Court cases. In your response, discuss how the legal principles applied in each case helped shape subsequent interpretations of civil rights and personal liberties in the United States.