Chapter 5 Civil Rights

14 th Amendment Equal Protection ◦ Supreme Court’s Standards  Race and Ethnicity (inherently suspect/strict/difficult to meet)*  Gender (Intermediate/moderately difficult to meet)  Age/wealth (rational basis/reasonableness/easy to meet) *another way to think about this is if you are passing a law that discriminates against a race it is going to be looked at very closely by the SC and so on…

African Americans Dred Scott decision 13 th Amendment 15 th Amendment Plessy v. Ferguson Brown v. Board of Ed. ◦ All Deliberate Speed Civil Rights Act of th Amendment ◦ Literacy Tests ◦ Poll Taxes ◦ Grandfather Clause ◦ White Primary Voting Rights of 65 *De Jure and De Facto Segregation

Other Groups Native Americans Hispanic Americans Asian Americans Arab Americans and Muslims

Women 19 th Amendment Equal Rights Amendment Title IX

Others Elderly People with disabilities Gay and Lesbian Rights ADA

Affirmative Action Regents of U of Cal. V. Bakke Grutter v. Bollinger Gratz v. Bollinger