Which of the following statements is true regarding the suspect classifications doctrine?
a. Government cannot make distinctions based on race or citizenship status because they are considered suspect classifications.
b. The Supreme Court has held that race is a suspect classification but age and gender are not.
c. The government can make distinctions based on suspect classifications only if it can demonstrate a reasonable basis for their enactment.
d. The 1964 Civil Rights Act invalidated the suspect classifications doctrin
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e. The Voting Rights Act invalidated the suspect classifications doctrin
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c. The government can make distinctions based on suspect classifications only if it can demonstrate a reasonable basis for their enactment.
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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A) Circumstances enabled him to break with the past and move the country in a dramatically different direction. B) He was particularly energetic even though much of his agenda did not succeed. C) His popularity, via "fireside chats," existed independent of his agenda. D) He was able to break from the past but in a way that seemed less dramatic and safe to the American people. E) He was extremely charismatic.
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.