After the Supreme Court decision of Brown v. Board of Education made school segregation illegal, many minority students began to apply to previously white universities. In 1963, the Alabama Governor tried to physically stop 3 black students from attending the University of Alabama. President Kennedy ordered the Alabama National Guard to force the Governor to let them register. Why did President Kennedy take this action?
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The federal legislative branch refused to comply with a state executive branch decision
The federal legislative branch refused to comply with a state executive branch decision
The state executive branch refused to comply with a federal court ruling
The state executive branch refused to comply with a federal court ruling
The state judicial branch refused to comply with an executive order
The state judicial branch refused to comply with an executive order
The federal judicial branch refused to comply with a ruling by the state judicial branch