chapter 5 civil rights. 14 th amendment equal protection ◦ supreme court’s standards race and...
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Chapter 5Civil Rights
Civil Rights14th AmendmentEqual Protection
◦Supreme Court’s Standards Race and Ethnicity (inherently suspect/strict/difficult
to meet)* Gender (Intermediate/moderately difficult to meet) Age/wealth (rational basis/reasonableness/easy to
meet)
*another way to think about this is if you are passing a law that discriminates against a race it is going to be looked at very closely by the SC and so on…
African Americans Dred Scott decision 13th Amendment 15th Amendment Plessy v. Ferguson Brown v. Board of Ed.
◦ All Deliberate Speed Civil Rights Act of 64 24th Amendment
◦ Literacy Tests ◦ Poll Taxes◦ Grandfather Clause◦ White Primary
Voting Rights of 65*De Jure and De Facto Segregation
Other GroupsNative AmericansHispanic AmericansAsian AmericansArab Americans and Muslims
Women19th AmendmentEqual Rights AmendmentTitle IX
OthersElderlyPeople with disabilitiesGay and Lesbian RightsADA
Affirmative ActionRegents of U of Cal. V. BakkeGrutter v. BollingerGratz v. Bollinger