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3.10 Social Movements and Equal Protection

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Question 1

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A private club, acting without government involvement, adopts a discriminatory membership rule. Why does an Equal Protection Clause claim fail?

The Equal Protection Clause restrains government, not purely private conduct. Statutes may separately prohibit private discrimination, but that is a different source of law.
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B. The Equal Protection Clause requires state action

The Equal Protection Clause restrains government, not purely private conduct. Statutes may separately prohibit private discrimination, but that is a different source of law.

Question 2

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Which pairing correctly distinguishes Brown v. Board of Education from the remedial phase that followed?

Brown announced the constitutional rule that state-imposed racial separation in public schools is inherently unequal. Brown II addressed implementation by assigning federal district courts a remedial role. Neither decision created the Voting Rights Act, approved segregation, or imposed one nationwide interdistrict plan.
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C. Brown held segregated public schools inherently unequal; Brown II directed lower courts to supervise implementation

Brown announced the constitutional rule that state-imposed racial separation in public schools is inherently unequal. Brown II addressed implementation by assigning federal district courts a remedial role. Neither decision created the Voting Rights Act, approved segregation, or imposed one nationwide interdistrict plan.

Question 3

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A state statute denies members of one racial group the same access to state courts that other citizens receive. Which provision supplies the most direct constitutional challenge?

A state is denying equal legal status, so the Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection Clause is the direct rule. The Thirteenth addresses slavery and involuntary servitude, while the Fifteenth, Nineteenth, and Voting Rights Act choices concern voting rather than access to courts.
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D. The Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection Clause

A state is denying equal legal status, so the Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection Clause is the direct rule. The Thirteenth addresses slavery and involuntary servitude, while the Fifteenth, Nineteenth, and Voting Rights Act choices concern voting rather than access to courts.

Question 4

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A covered private employer refuses a reasonable workplace accommodation to a qualified employee with a disability. Which source of law most directly addresses that conduct?

The ADA imposes nondiscrimination and reasonable-accommodation duties on covered private employers. Equal protection ordinarily requires state action, and disability classifications do not receive strict scrutiny merely because disability is involved.
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A. The Americans with Disabilities Act

The ADA imposes nondiscrimination and reasonable-accommodation duties on covered private employers. Equal protection ordinarily requires state action, and disability classifications do not receive strict scrutiny merely because disability is involved.

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