Since the Brown v. Board of Education ruling, the Fourteenth Amendment's equal protection clause has:
O A. reduced the federal government's power over states.
B. allowed states to ignore federal civil rights legislation.
O c. forced courts to apply strict scrutiny to all civil rights cases.
O D. protected legal rights for many marginalized groups.

The correct answer is D) protected legal rights for many marginalized groups.

Since the Brown v. Board of Education ruling, the Fourteenth Amendment's equal protection clause has protected legal rights for many marginalized groups.

The 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution, as part of the Amendments during Reconstruction, granted citizenship to former black slaves and protection of the laws. This decision also impacted other marginalized groups in the country, that benefited from the Supreme Court's decision.

The Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education. overturned the ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson.

In the case of Plessy v. Ferguson, the Supreme Court had ruled the constitutionality of "separate but equal." But many years later this decision was reversed by another Supreme Court resolution in the case Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas decided on May 17. 1954. The judges decided that "separate but equal" regarding public school facilities violated the Equal Protection established in the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution.

d: social contract theory

i believe the answer is c