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Practice question: Equal Protection

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Practice question

A provision distinguishes by gender, with no separate fundamental-right or suspect-class question asserted. Which level does Albano identify for this category?
  1. Intermediate scrutiny
  2. No review
  3. Always the weakest test solely because the law is written
  4. Only a referendum
  5. No test because gender can never be a classification

Legal references

  • Albano v COMELEC GR257610/UDK17230 January24,2023 ENBANC MAIN, levels of scrutiny: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2023/jan2023/gr_257610_2023.html General equal-protection scrutiny framework; not importing election facts into criminal liability.
  • 1987 Constitution ArticleIII Sections1,14,22: https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html

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