POS 2041 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Equal Protection Clause, Voting Rights Act Of 1965, Grandfather Clause

• School: UCF
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POS 2041
• Professor: Beth Rosenson

Document Summary

Civil rights: powers or privileges guaranteed to individuals and protected from arbitrary removal at the hands of government or individuals. Reasonableness standard: when the gov. treats classes of people differently the treatment must be reasonable not arbitrary, suspect classifications the questionable way of classifying people, subject to strict scrutiny: similarly situated . Equal protection clause: has become the vehicle for more expansive constitutional interpretations. Basis for 14th amendment: dred scott v. sandford (1857): upheld constitutionality of slavery. Reconstruction amendments: 13th abolished slavery, 14th incorporation doctrine. Equal protection: 15th extended suffrage to african americans. 14th amendment cases: plessy v. ferguson (1896): separate but equal, swann v. charlotte-mecklenburg county schools (1971): constitutional to force bussing for integration, regents of the university of california v. bakke (1978): upheld affirmative action. Naacp: formed in 1909, goal: win legal battles w/o having to change public opinion or form broad political alliances, targeted school segregation. For education to be equal, it had to be equally available.