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In American jurisprudence, a suspect classification is any classification of groups meeting a series of criteria suggesting they are likely the subject of discrimination. These classes receive close...
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City of Cleburne v. Cleburne Living Center, Inc. , 473 U.S. 432 (1985), was a U.S. Supreme Court case involving discrimination against the mentally retarded. In 1980, Cleburne Living Center, Inc. (...
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Legislation discriminating on the basis of religion or ethnicity, as well as those statutes that affect fundamental rights, also are inherently suspect. The Supreme Court has not recognized age and gender as suspect classifications, though some lower courts treat gender as a suspect or quasi-suspect classification.
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The actual application of the rational test in Plyler, Cleburne, and Romer differed from that traditionally used in cases where no suspect classification or fundamental right was involved in at least one important respect: the Court in all three cases weighed the state's asserted interests and compared them to the...
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Quasi-Suspect Classifications:; 1. Gender; 2. Illegitimacy; 3. MINIMUM (OR RATIONAL BASIS) SCRUTINY (The govenment need only show that the challenged classification is rationally related to serving a legitimate state interest.);
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The Quasi-Suspect Nature of Sex* ... While only men were subject to California's statutory rape law, the classification created a burden on women not apparent at first glance. Men under 18 could choose as sexual partners anyone except a female under 18, whereas women under 18 could not have sexual partners at all.
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a. If a fundamental right or suspect classification is involved, the "strict scrutiny" standard is used to evaluate the regulation. ... b. If a quasi-suspect classification is involved, "intermediate scrutiny" is applied. ... (1) The "quasi-suspect" classifications include legitimacy and gender.
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established the rule that any legislation based on racial classification will be subject to the highest standard of review (i.e. Strict Scrutiny). ... If only some of the criteria are met, then the group may be a Quasi-Suspect Class (i.e. Women). The four prongs for determining a suspect class are discussed in detail below.
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Additionally, for purposes of federal equal protection analysis, the United States Supreme Court also has developed an intermediate level of scrutiny for quasi-suspect classes, such as gender.  ... A classification, however, cannot be maintained merely ‘for its own sake’.  Simply put, a history or tradition...
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C. Does the unequal treatment of groups involve a "quasi-suspect classification?" If so, the regulation will be subject to the "intermediate scrutiny" test (i.e., does the regulation "substantially advance a legitimate state interest?"). "Quasi-suspect classifications" are currently defined as those involving gender...
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