Publisher's Synopsis
Equal Protection, Cases and Materials, Second Edition is a study of the substantive law of equal protection, both under the Fourteenth Amendment as applied against state governments, and under the implied equal protection component of the Fifth Amendment as applied against the federal government. The book focuses on decisions of the United States Supreme Court. It contains carefully edited opinions followed by notes that include explanatory material, commentary, and citations to leading law review articles. The book covers the following topics: rational basis review, racial classifications, the different tiers of review, gender classifications, classifications affecting nonmarital children, classifications of noncitizens, classifications on the basis of sexual orientation, transgender classifications, implied fundamental rights under the Equal Protection Clause, and Congressional power to enforce the Equal Protection Clause.
