"Constitutional Classification Tests" In the United States the Supreme Court, with its power of judicial review, may determine whether an act by the President, Congress, a national, state, or local administrative official, a state legislature, a ... the national government, reserves others to the states, and protects individuals from governmental invasion of their freedoms of religion, speech, press, and other rights. Likewise, The Court uses three separate tests "the rational basis test, the strict scrutiny test, and the heightened scrutiny test "to determine whether a classification is con...

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... race, but excluded all females. Even with the new Amendments passed, equality was still far from being reached; society had found a way around the amendments. With the use of Literacy Tests and Poll Taxes local governments had found a way to abide by the new amendments but still prevent African-Americans from voting. Jim Crow laws also prevented freedoms given to African ... factors in his striving for equality. His "I Have A Dream" speech, his most memorable, was important because it stated the possibility for everyone to come together and no longer look at gender and skin color. His n...

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... during the past ten years over civil rights, presenting both sides of the argument. Response American's civil rights is defined as the equality of all men regardless of their demographic, gender, sexuality, and economic status under the law. However when the Declaration of Independence was constructed, "All men" generally meant white, free, and literate. Basically the founders of the ... white ancestry to vote. Some African-Americans had to pay to vote; many of them could not afford the poll tax. Additionally made of them were not educated so literacy tests were a good way to prevent th...

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... . Smith Advanced English II: Social Criticism Essay September 18, 2003 Affirmative Action The fourteenth amendment to the constitution guarantees equal rights to all people regardless of things such as our gender, religion, age, or race; how, then, is it lawful for colleges to determine who may attend their school based on skin color? Shouldn't college admissions depend on grades and intelligence ... action is not only illogical, but it is also unfair. Colleges decide admission based on how many of the possible 150 points you have. In addition to GPA and achievement tests, students can s...

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