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Practice question: Intermediate Scrutiny Test

Multiple Choice Hard Jurisprudence

Practice question

Three proposed eligibility rules are each assumed to require intermediate scrutiny. Rule A pursues a merely trivial aim through a strong connection. Rule B pursues an important aim through a conceded unrelated distinction. Rule C pursues an important aim through a demonstrated substantial relationship. With no other issue, which alone supplies both stated components?
  1. Rule A alone
  2. Rule B alone
  3. All three automatically
  4. Rule C alone
  5. None can ever satisfy intermediate scrutiny

Legal references

  • Central Bank Employees Association v. Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, G.R. No. 148208, December 15, 2004, main decision, levels of scrutiny: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/1/45406

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