The Supreme Court's ruling in Bowers v. Hardwick suggested that the right to privacy was designed to protect
A) family, marriage, or procreation.
B) birth control, procreation, or abortion.
C) marriage, consensual sex, or abortion.
D) the right to die, marriage, and consensual sex.
E) abortion, the right to die, and marriage.
Question -2-In a 2003 case involving admissions practices at the University of Michigan, the Supreme Court reaffirmed its decision in Bakke by rejecting the use of
A) compelling state interests.
B) an exact numerical advantage.
C) a plus factor.
D) a gender measure.
E) an ethnic policy mark.
Question -3-In what case was it determined that any discrimination, even when its purpose is to help, must be subject to strict scrutiny?
A) Adarand
B) Bakke
C) Plyler v. Doe
D) United Steelworkers v. Weber
E) Richmond v. Croson
Question -4-Which of the following is NOT true of the current Supreme Court standards dealing with affirmative action?
A) Any quota system created by state or local governments is subject to strict scrutiny.
B) When proving there has been discrimination, it is not enough to show that there is statistical unrepresentation.
C) Using racial preferencing is permitted equally in hiring and laying off workers.
D) Racial preferences used by state or local governments need to first show they are correcting an actual pattern of discrimination.
E) Quotas or preference systems created by federal law will be given greater deference.
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