amendment equal protection clause. it says equal protection, equal means equal. the supreme court said in shr w shrowder, the black and the white. brown v. board focuses on text. there were racist members of congress involved who didn't think it should apply in that way, to certain aspects of public life. if you pay attention to the text you don't take account of subjective intentions nor as a general proposition to take account of the subjective intentions. they can be evidence in certain cases of the original words. >> they can be evidence of that? >> evidence that have but you don't follow the subjective intention. original public meeting of originalism and what refer to as