HDFS 3520 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Independent School District, Equal Protection Clause, Due Process Clause

• School: UConn
• Department: Human Development and Family Studies
• Course: HDFS 3520
• Professor: Terry Berthelot

Document Summary

14th amendment due process or equal protection clause. Suspect class unequal treatment or relegated to such a position of political powerfulness as to command extraordinary protection from the majoritarian political process pass the strict scrutiny test. San antonio independent school district v. rodriguez governmental interest that is narrowly tailored utilizing the least restrictive means possible. San antonio independent school district v rodriguez (1973) Saddled with such disabilities, or subjected to such a history of purposeful. For a law or policy to pass the strict scrutiny test, there must be a compelling. Any law that classifies based on race or alien status is unconstitutional unless it can. Any law that impinges on this is unconstitutional unless it can pass the strict scrutiny test. A right that is explicitly or implicitly guaranteed by the constitution. The law or policy must be necessary or crucial rather than preferred.