US V. Virginia Court Case Study

The United States v. Virginia court case was discussed on Jan 17, 1996. The Virginia Military Institute was founded in 1839. The Virginia Military Institute was said to have violated the “Equal Provision” clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the US Constitution by retaining a public military institute for only men. The advocates involved were Paul Bender, who argued the case for the United States and Theodore B. Olson, who argued the case on behalf of Virginia. The U.S was the petitioner while Virginia was the accused.
But the District Court said that the Virginia’s all-male institution was acceptable and that it didn’t violate the Equal Protection. The District Court decided to rule in VMI’s favor. As for the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, it ordered Virginia to find a solution to the violation of the constitution. Virginia decided to establish an all-female institute known as Virginia’s Women’s Institute for Leadership (VWIL) at Mary Baldwin. The District Court later concluded that the establishment of the VWIL was …show more content…
The Supreme Court judged that the Virginia Military Institute violated the Equal Protection of the Fourteenth Amendment by a 7-1 ruling in the United States v. Virginia case. The Supreme Court also said that the Virginia’s establishment of an all-female college was an insufficient effort to put a stop to the constitutional violation of the fourteenth amendment because the Supreme thought that even though the Virginia Military Institute established an all-female college, it wasn’t the same as the Institute for the men. The men were made to do hard training while the women were not treated the same as to the equal provision the court is arguing about, which was why the Supreme Court said the all-female college was an insufficient effort by Virginia Institute. Later, the Court reasoned that Virginia did not show any convincing explanation for excluding