Exam 15: Civil Rights

What did the Supreme Court decide in Loving v.Virginia (1967)? How could advocates of same-sex marriage use this case as a model?

In United States v.Windsor,2013,the U.S.Supreme Court struck down the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).

What organizations have protested discrimination against Native Americans? What issues have been addressed? What kinds of problems do American Indians still face?

Which of the following is an example of de jure segregation?

What sorts of affirmative action programs are prohibited,according to the Supreme Court? What sorts of programs are acceptable? Describe the Top Ten Percent program in Texas.How has de facto segregation enabled this policy to produce diverse enrollment at colleges and universities? Do you think a university valuing diversity should use a traditional affirmative action program or a policy like the Top Ten Percent program? Justify your answer.

The first federal civil rights law enacted since Reconstruction was the Civil Rights Act of 1957.This law makes it a crime to __________.

The constitutionality of a law establishing a public elementary school open only to African American students from poor neighborhoods would be determined by the Supreme Court's application of the __________ standard of review.

Jim Crow laws required __________ of African Americans and whites.

Passed in 1830,the __________ required all Native American tribes to be moved from the East and Southeast.

What are the strict scrutiny standard and the rational basis standard? What sort of classification system would cause the Supreme Court to apply each standard to determine if a discriminatory law is constitutionally permissible? Under what circumstances would it apply a quasi-suspect or heightened standard? Give an example of a law that would be subject to each standard of review.Do you agree with this three-tiered approach? Why or why not?