The Court Has Created Three Classifications Under the Fourteenth Amendment,and

question 31

Multiple Choice

The court has created three classifications under the Fourteenth Amendment,and the outcome of any equal protection case can usually be predicted by knowing how the court is likely to classify the case.Which of the following is true?

• A)A government action interfering with a fundamental right will receive strict scrutiny.
• B)Under intermediate scrutiny,government actions are always upheld if there is a rational basis for them.
• C)Under strict scrutiny,government classifications are sometimes upheld.
• D)The minimal scrutiny test will be applied to classifications involving racial and ethnic criteria.
• E)Under minimal scrutiny,classifications based on race are almost never upheld.

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