strict scrutiny

(noun)

The most stringent standard of legal review in American courts, used to evaluate the constitutionality of laws and government programs.

Related Terms

  • suspect classification
  • free exercise clause
  • constitutional
  • Jehovah's Witnesses
  • Warren Court

Examples of strict scrutiny in the following topics:

  • Strict Scrutiny

    • The legal standard of strict scrutiny, the most stringent standard of judicial review, must be used in all court cases involving affirmative action.
    • Strict scrutiny is the most stringent standard of judicial review used in American courts .
    • Strict scrutiny is the standard that is employed in litigating affirmative action cases.
    • Judges apply strict scrutiny tests when a case regarding affirmative action come before them.
    • Describe the three tests a law faces under a strict scrutiny standard
  • Freedom of Speech

    • Restrictions placed upon core political speech must weather strict scrutiny analysis or they will be struck down.
    • The Supreme Court has recognized several different types of laws that restrict speech, and subjects each type of law to a different level of scrutiny.
    • Restrictions that require examining the content of speech to be applied must pass strict scrutiny.
    • Restrictions that apply to certain viewpoints but not others face the highest level of scrutiny, and are usually overturned, unless they fall into one of the court's special exceptions.
    • Time, place, or manner restrictions must withstand intermediate scrutiny.
  • State Initiatives Against Affirmative Action

    • Peña, which established strict scrutiny standards of review for race and ethnicity-based federal affirmative action programs.
  • The Free Exercise Clause: Freedom of Religion

    • With the ascendancy of the Warren Court under Chief Justice Earl Warren, a new standard of "strict scrutiny" in various areas of civil rights law was applied.
    • Verner (1963), the Supreme Court required states to meet the "strict scrutiny" standard when refusing to accommodate religiously motivated conduct.
  • Realizing a Figured Bass in Strict Basso Continuo Style (Video)

    • The following video demonstrates the realization of a figured bass line in strict basso continuo style.
  • Early Frameworks: Structuralism and Functionalism

    • Unlike Wundt's method of introspection, however, Titchener had very strict guidelines for the reporting of an introspective analysis.
    • As structuralism struggled to survive the scrutiny of the scientific method, new approaches to studying the mind were sought.
  • Early Roots of Psychology

    • Like Wundt, Titchener used introspection to try to determine the different components of consciousness; however, his method used very strict guidelines for the reporting of an introspective analysis.
    • As structuralism struggled to survive the scrutiny of the scientific method, new approaches to studying the mind were sought.
  • The bottom line

    • Companies that greenwash not only weaken brand image and invite further scrutiny, they also diminish the concept of becoming greener, which is something that doesn't rest easy with companies that make the effort.
  • Ethical Usage: Considering Other Viewpoints

    • Furthermore, evidence must generally be accepted only after intense scrutiny.
    • It is your ethical duty to allow others to criticize your viewpoints because if your argument is truly sound and you are truly making the appeal to convince the audience of something that you believe to be true based on all the evidence, then your evidence should be able to withstand the scrutiny.
  • Study Questions

    • Give an example of when it might be more useful to use a N-clique or N-clan approach instead of a strict clique.
    • Give an example of when it might be more useful to us a K-plex or K-core approach instead of a strict clique.
    • How does the idea of a "block" relax the strict definition of a component?
    • How does the idea of a lambda set relax the strict definintion of a component?
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