单选题 The author implies that the Fourteenth Amendment might not have been enacted if ______.

A、 Congress' authority with regard to legislating civil rights had not been challenged
B、 the framers had anticipated the Supreme Court is ruling in Brown v. Board of Education
C、 the framers had believed that it would be used in deciding cases of discrimination involving non-racial groups
D、 most state governments had been willing to protect citizens' civil fights

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】从文章第一段制定Fourteenth Amendment，prohibits state governments from denying citizens the“equal protection of the laws"可以推断如果地方政府能够保证公民合法权益得到保障的话，就不会有Fourteenth Amendment的产生。