Transcript Chapter 17

Chapter 17
Equal Rights Under the
Law
Affirmative Action
Remedial
action designed to
overcome the effects of past
discrimination against minorities and
women.
Classifications and Tests
Rational
Basis Test
Suspect Classification & Strict
Scrutiny
Quasi-Suspect Classifications &
Heightened Scrutiny
Poverty & Age
Fundamental Rights & Strict
Scrutiny
Court Tests
Rational
Basis Test
Heightened Scrutiny
Strict Scrutiny
Educational Rights
Plessy
Decision
Brown
v. Board of Education
Separate
Threw
clause
but equal
out the ‘separate but equal’
Today
De
jure segregation
De facto segregation
The Final
Chapter
14
Federalist
78
Read the book!
Definition Heavy
US Solicitor General
Writs of Review
The Final
Chapter
Read
15
the book!
Definitions
‘Clear and Present Danger’ test
The Final
Chapter
16
Chapter
17
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the PowerPoint!
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the PowerPoint!
Read
the book (sections related to
these powerpoints)
Lemon Test
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