Mildred Loving sought legal advice from U.S. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, who referred the couple to the ACLU. Lawyers Bernard Cohen and Philip Hirschcop argued that anti-miscegenation laws violated the 14th Amendment's Equal Protection Clause. The Supreme Court's 1967 unanimous decision eventually invalidated marriage bans in 16 states, though the hosts suggest the case was a strategic setup for broader federal overreach.