Fourteenth Amendment and Equal Protection
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What does the democratic idea of equality mean?
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How has the equal protection clause been defined?
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What is the “rational basis” test?
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What is an example of a law that would fail the rational basis test? What is an example of a law that would pass the rational basis test?
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What is meant by a “suspect classification”? Give an example of a suspect classification.
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What is meant by a “fundamental right”? Give an example of a fundamental right.
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According to the legal definition, when does discrimination exist?
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How did the Supreme Court’s decision in Washington v. Davis (1976) modify the definition of discrimination?
Fourteenth Amendment and Equal Protection
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What does the democratic idea of equality mean?
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How has the equal protection clause been defined?
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What is the “rational basis” test?
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What is an example of a law that would fail the rational basis test? What is an example of a law that would pass the rational basis test?
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What is meant by a “suspect classification”? Give an example of a suspect classification.
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What is meant by a “fundamental right”? Give an example of a fundamental right.
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According to the legal definition, when does discrimination exist?
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How did the Supreme Court’s decision in Washington v. Davis (1976) modify the definition of discrimination?
Fourteenth Amendment and Equal Protection
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What does the democratic idea of equality mean?
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How has the equal protection clause been defined?
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What is the “rational basis” test?
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What is an example of a law that would fail the rational basis test? What is an example of a law that would pass the rational basis test?
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What is meant by a “suspect classification”? Give an example of a suspect classification.
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What is meant by a “fundamental right”? Give an example of a fundamental right.
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According to the legal definition, when does discrimination exist?
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How did the Supreme Court’s decision in Washington v. Davis (1976) modify the definition of discrimination?
Fourteenth Amendment and Equal Protection
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What does the democratic idea of equality mean?
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How has the equal protection clause been defined?
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What is the “rational basis” test?
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What is an example of a law that would fail the rational basis test? What is an example of a law that would pass the rational basis test?
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What is meant by a “suspect classification”? Give an example of a suspect classification.
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What is meant by a “fundamental right”? Give an example of a fundamental right.
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According to the legal definition, when does discrimination exist?
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How did the Supreme Court’s decision in Washington v. Davis (1976) modify the definition of discrimination?