What Are the Different Levels of Scrutiny That the Supreme

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What are the different levels of scrutiny that the Supreme Court uses to determine discrimination?

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Definitions:

Testudines

An order of reptiles that includes turtles, tortoises, and terrapins, characterized by a bony or cartilaginous shell developed from their ribs.

Lizards

A widespread group of squamate reptiles, with over 6,000 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica.

Therapsids

A group of mammal-like reptiles of the Permian period; gave rise to the mammals.

Chordates

A large phylum of animals that includes all vertebrates as well as several closely related invertebrates, characterized by the presence of a notochord at some stage of their development.