Should the courts have waited for the state legislatures in the deep south to desegregate schools? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_v._Board_of_Education#/m

Should the courts have waited for the state legislatures in the deep south to desegregate schools? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_v._Board_of_Education#/media/File:Educational_separation_in_the_US_prior_to_Brown_Map.svg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_v._Board_of_Education#/m... Should the courts have waited for the state legislatures in the deep south to legalize interracial marriage? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interracial_marriage#/media/File:US_miscegenation.svg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interracial_marriage#/media/Fi... The court needs the power to overrule legislatures because democratic majorities have consistently failed to protect the rights of minorities.