constitutionally suspect
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 379 U.S. 184 - McLaughlin v. Florida · 1964Most cited · 1,931 citing opinions
racial classifications 'constitutionally suspect,' and subject to the 'most rigid scrutiny,' and 'in most circumstances irrelevant' to any constitutionally acceptable legislative purpose
How often courts cite the case defining “constitutionally suspect”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “constitutionally suspect” — 1,931 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.