In Plessy vs. Ferguson, Justice Brown Plessy’s argument and did not find fault with Louisiana’s law. He thought the law did not with the Thirteenth or Fourteenth amendments. Justice Harlan believed that the Louisiana law the Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth amendments. In their arguments, both justices use the technical language of the to support their arguments, but Justice Brown’s argument did not stand the test of time. In paragraph 2 of Justice Brown’s opinion, he explains that the Thirteenth Amendment does not relate to the case because. Then, Justice Brown describes the purpose of the Fourteenth Amendment as . Justice Brown makes a distinction between equality, which the law was intended to guarantee, and equality, which it could not have intended to bring about. In paragraph 1 of Justice Harlan’s opinion, he explains that the Thirteenth Amendment protects people’s rights to freedom but could not protect the rights of those . Then he explains that the Fourteenth Amendment adds value to American citizenship by . Finally, he notes that the Fifteenth Amendment prevents citizens from being excluded from the political process because of their .