The Supreme Court Probably Relied on Social Science Studies in the Brown

The Supreme Court probably relied on social science studies in the Brown decision because the justices realized that

A) the Fourteenth Amendment did not address segregation.
B) the authors of the Fourteenth Amendment may not have intended to outlaw segregated schools.
C) the Constitution did not address racial discrimination.
D) the equal protection clause was not applicable to the states.
E) most Americans accepted social science as a legitimate source of constitutional law.