The State of Alabama Passes a Statute Which Requires That

question 9

Multiple Choice

The State of Alabama passes a statute which requires that male heirs be preferred over female heirs in selecting an executor of an estate.Laura, a lawyer, would like to be the executor of her father's estate, but so would her eighteen-year-old brother who just flunked out of college.She challenges the provision as being a violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.The case is now under consideration by the United States Supreme Court.In deciding the constitutionality of the provision, the Court will:

• A)apply the rational relationship test.
• B)apply the strict scrutiny test.
• C)apply the intermediate standard test.
• D)create a new test

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