Premise: Segregated public schools are not equal and cannot be made equal. Premise: Because schools are not equal, not all students receive equal protection of the law, as required by the Fourteenth Amendment. Conclusion: "Separate but equal" schools are unconstitutional because they are not consistent with the Fourteenth Amendment. Was the argument put forth by the plaintiffs valid? Check all of the correct boxes. The premises are not true all of the time. The premises are likely to be true. The premises reinforce, or support, the conclusion. The conclusion follows logically from the premises. The conclusion comes from a different premise.