The court system is more effective in the protection of individual liberties as compared to the other branches of government since it is non-partisan and not influenced by political pressure. This is because judges do not have to face elections again, thus they are not influenced by political factors when passing their verdicts. For instance, in the case of Brown v. Board of Education (1954), the Supreme Court was able to overturn the segregation of schools which was a political decision that was made by the elected officials, thus protecting the rights of the African Americans. Courts preserve the rights of the minorities and check the excesses of the other arms of government to observe the constitutionality of their actions and omissions the same way political leaders may not want them to be.