Robert S<span>. </span>McNamara<span>. Was the </span>secretary<span> of </span>defense<span> under Kennedy. He helped develop the flexible response policy. He was against the war in </span>Vietnam<span> and was removed from 1964 Congressional resolution that authorized President Johnson to commit </span>US troops<span> to south </span>vietnam<span> and fight </span>a<span> war against north </span>Vietnam<span>.</span>
The supreme court ordered the end to school segregation, and declared it illegal and unconstitutional
in <span>Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954), the supreme court issued a land mark ruling that held that </span>state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional. As a result the ruling <span>outlawed segregated public education facilities for blacks and whites at the state level, which came as a major victory for the civil rights movement.
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Authority justifies a state's use of power over its citizens.