In this task, we ask you to rewrite a sentence in simple English without changing its general meaning. Essentially, you want to make the sentence easier to read by using simpler words, utilizing more straightforward sentence structures, and omitting non-essential information etc.

Separate but equal was a legal doctrine in United States constitutional law , according to which racial segregation did not necessarily violate the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution , which guaranteed " equal protection " under the law to all people .
Here the Court ruled that racial segregation was not in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution , as long as the racially separate facilities were equal .