What is the test applied in Grutter, Gratz, and Concerned Parents
100
This test requires that the law be narrowly tailored to achieve a compelling government interest
What is strict scrutiny
100
This portion of the brief discusses what happened in the case
What are the facts
100
This test is applied to gender
What is intermediate scrutiny
200
In this case, the court said that a remedial decree must fit the harm violated and put the person in the position they would be in if discrimination never occured
What is VMI
200
This interest must deal with health, safety, and welfare and will be upheld 99.999999999999999999% of the time
What is legitimate government interest
200
This type of writing is used to persuade people on issue through persuasion
What is an Op-ed
200
This test is applied age, sexuality and disability
What is rational basis
200
Rational basis review is applied and the burden is on the challenger, unless they can show intent.
What is the effect of a nondiscriminatory law with a discriminatory effect
300
In this case, men were allowed to attend classes, but earn degrees, which the led the court to determine that the substantially related prong was not met.
What is Hogan (MUW)
300
This must be neither overinclusive nor underinclusive
What is narrowly tailored
300
This Justice wrote a dissenting opinion in Grutter talking about his experiences that led him to dislike racial admissions policies
Who is Clarence Thomas
400
In this case, two separate schools started integration programs. One of the schools had a history of segregation, while the other did not. Both schools used race as a percentage and tie breaker
What is Concerned Parents
400
If a law has a discriminatory impact but is not explicitly discriminatory, it is reviewed at this level of scrutiny
What is rational basis.
400
This portion of the brief discusses how the lower courts ruled before it got to the Supreme Court
What is the procedural history
400
This type of discrimination or segregation is caused by law
What is de jure discrimination
400
This type of discrimination is caused by housing patterns and other factors
What is de facto discrimination
500
The court in this case determined that gender discrimination was not an important interest because the state was using stereotypes in its effort to compensate women for past wrongs.
What is MUW (Hogan)
500
Immutable characteristics, political power, past history, discreet
What are the factors used to determine the level of scrutiny applied to a group
500
The court's ultimate decision
What is the holding
500
This school tried to remedy de jure discrimination
What are Jefferson County Schools in the Concerned Parents case
500
This school district tried to remedy discrimination brought on by housing patterns in the city
What is Seattle School District in the Concern Parents case