During voir dire, an attorney used their peremptory challenges to remove all the women from the potential jury pool. According to the Supreme Court ruling in J.E.B. v. Alabama ex rel. T.B. (1994), which of the following statements would be accurate?
A. This would be unconstitutional because only challenges for cause can be used to remove potential jurors based on sex.
B. This would be unconstitutional because peremptory challenges cannot be based on sex alone.
C. This would be constitutional, because the requirement that juries represent a cross section of the community does not relate to gender.
D. This would have been constitutional, because during the time of the Supreme Court decision, women were not allowed to serve on juries.
B. This would be unconstitutional because peremptory challenges cannot be based on sex alone.
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