In Brown v.Board of Education,the Supreme Court invalidated the "separate but equal"doctrine articulated in its 1896 decision in Plessy v.Ferguson.The Court's decision in Brown was,therefore,a violation of ____________________.

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The principle of stare decisis is the legal doctrine which requires courts to adhere to precedents, and in Brown v. Board of Education, the Supreme Court violated the principle of stare decisis by overturning its previous decision in Plessy v. Ferguson which upheld the "separate but equal" doctrine.

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