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10 Cards in this Set
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Civil Rights |
The right of every person to equal protection under the laws and equal access to society's opportunities and public facilities |
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Gender gap |
The tendency of women and men to differ in their political attitudes and voting preferences |
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Equal protection lause |
A clause in the fourteenth amendment that forbids any state from denying equal protection under the law to any individual in its jurisdiction |
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Reasonable-basis test |
A test applied by courts to laws that treat individuals unequally. Such a law may be deemed constitutional if its purpose is reasonably related to a legitimate government interest |
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Strict-scrutiny test |
A test that is applied by courts to laws that attempt a racial or ethnic classification. In effect, the test eliminated race or ethnicity as a legal classification when it places minorities at a disadvantage |
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Suspect classifications |
Legal classifications, such as race and national origin, that are unjustly discriminatory in purpose and are therefore unconstitutional |
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Intermediate-scrutiny test |
A test that applies to laws that attempt a gender classification. In effect, the test eliminates gender as a legal classification unless it serves an important objective and is substantially related to the objective's achievement |
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De facto discrimination |
Discrimination on the basis of race, gender, religion, ethnicity, etc. that results from social, economic and cultural biases and traditions |
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De jure discrimination |
Discrimination that results from law |
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Equality of result |
The objective of policies intended to reduce or eliminate the effects of discrimination so that members of traditionally disadvantaged groups will have the same benefits of society as do members of advantaged groups |
