Equal Protection Questions (Assignment 20)

1.  In Railway Express, describe the classification employed in the New York City regulation.

2.  What trait is the basis of the classification scheme?

3.  What standard of review is used to evaluate the constitutionality of such a classification scheme under the Equal Protection Clause?

4.  What reason does the city have for prohibiting one kind of truck adverting, but permitting another kind?

5.  In New Orleans v. Dukes, describe the classification employed in the French Quarter regulation.

6.  What trait is the basis of the classification?

7.  What standard of review is used to evaluate the constitutionality of such a classification scheme under the Equal Protection Clause?

8.  What reason does the city have for prohibiting certain pushcart vendors, but permitting others?

9.  In U.S. Dep’t of Agriculture v. Moreno, describe the classification employed in the food stamp statute.

10.  What trait is the basis of the classification?

11.  What standard of review is used to evaluate the constitutionality of such a classification scheme under the equal protection component of the Fifth Amendment Due Process Clause?

12.  What reasons does the federal government have for prohibiting certain families from receiving food stamps, but permitting other families to obtain food stamps?

13.  Is the use of the classification rationally related to a legitimate governmental purpose?