SOCI 160E Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Suspect Classification, Fourteenth Amendment To The United States Constitution, Precedent
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Suspect classification: bases san reason or on race or gender, race and gender are suspect classifications, age is not a suspect classification if, state can demonstrate and interest in the health and safety of minors. Standard of review: strict scrutiny review means that states may not enact laws that abridge a fundamental right unless: Intermediate scrutiny: quasi-suspect classification such as gender and legitimacy: rational basis test: used when there is no fundamental right or suspect classification in question. States that laws can be passed that impact a right or class so long as there is a rationale behind doing so. Poli(cid:272)e i(cid:374) te(cid:454)as, respo(cid:374)di(cid:374)g to a reported (cid:449)eapo(cid:374)s distur(cid:271)a(cid:374)(cid:272)e, e(cid:374)tered a (cid:373)a(cid:374)(cid:859)s apartment. Observed the man engaged in anal sex with another man. The two men were arrested and charged with violating texas sodomy statute which made it misdemeanor. (cid:862) de(cid:448)iate se(cid:454)ual i(cid:374)ter(cid:272)ourse (cid:449)ith a(cid:374)other i(cid:374)di(cid:448)idual of the sa(cid:373)e se(cid:454) (cid:863)
