most rigid scrutiny
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 388 U.S. 1 - Loving v. Commonwealth of Virginia · 1967Most cited · 3,691 citing opinions
racial classifications, especially suspect in criminal statutes, be subjected to the 'most rigid scrutiny,' and, if they are ever to be upheld, they must be shown to be necessary to the accomplishment of some permissible state objective, independent of the racial discrimination which it was the object of the Fourteenth Amendment to eliminate.
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