My group was part of a Moot Court case about the Supreme Court Case Brown v. Board of Education today. We argued for desegregation, while the other group argued that segregation is okay. Both groups gave there three points, and it ended up being a tie between their arguments.

The opposing team, Team Schenck, argued for segregation in schools, and made good points anticipating arguments for the other team. They said that is was completely constitutional to have separate but equal facilities for African American children because of the Plessy v. Ferguson case. They also pointed out that although black children may feel inferior because they are separated from whites, they would still feel inferior if they were in the same schools because they know that whites don't like them, so if anything it would cause more of a problem. There were some very strong arguments from this group for segregation of schools.

Team Sullivan, my team, argued for the desegregation of schools. I argued that although Plessy v. Ferguson said separate but equal is okay, the situations black children and white children are in are not truly equal, which undoes the decision in that case. Also, the way being separated that African American children are is detrimental to their learning because of the "badge of inferiority" that is put on them. We also made the argument that because African Americans are citizens, they have rights based on the 14th amendment saying that they should be able to attend the same schools. These arguments were very good and worked well with the time we were thinking in.

Both arguments were very well thought out, and although it was decided as a tie I believe Team Sullivan had a better argument because they had arguments for what the other team was saying, as well as speaking well for the time that we were thinking in.