The author implies that the actions of the Supreme Court in the years immediately following the passage of the Fourteenth Amendment demonstrate that the Court at that time A. was frustrated by the lack of detail in the amendment B. intentionally rejected the broad possibilities for advancements in civil rights that the amendment offered C. applied the amendment in areas that the framers would have considered inappropriate D. disagreed with President Andrew Johnson about the need for the amendment E. provided the foundation on which subsequent Supreme Courts were able to expand civil rights