When the Supreme Court Upheld a Law That Automatically Exempted

question 82

Multiple Choice

When the Supreme Court upheld a law that automatically exempted women from jury duty because "despite the enlightened emancipation of women . . . [they are still] regarded as the center of home and family life," it was demonstrating which rationale?

• A) Jim Crow
• B) segregation
• C) affirmative action
• D) protectionism
• E) separate but equal

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