What is the legal standard set by Craig v. Boren (1976) in gender discrimination cases requiring the government to show that the gender classification is substantially related to an important state interest.
a. strict scrutiny
b. rational basis
c. minimum scrutiny
d. intermediate scrutiny
e. selective scrutiny
Question 2
In 1972 Congress passed the Equal Rights Amendment and sent it to the state legislatures for ratification. What was the impact of the ERA?
a. Once ratified it opened doors for women in all areas of business and politics.
b. The ERA gave women an avenue by which to sue an employer for gender discrimination.
c. The ERA had no direct impact because it never garnered the required support of three-fourths of the states, so it was never enacted.
d. Once ratified the amount of litigation in federal courts skyrocketed.
e. Once ratified the U.S. immediately experienced a significant increase in the number of women serving as governors and in Congress.
In 2008, the U.S. economy suffered a gaping wound as several trillion dollars were ripped out of it.
Booker T. Washington in his office at Tuskegee Institute, 1900. Washington chose a policy of accommo
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