____________ is a clause in the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution requiring that the government justify any differential treatment on the basis of race, gender, age, sexual orientation, or other characteristic with a state interest

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Equal protection clause

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During the summer months of 1997, naval elements of the ______ conducted several attacks on commercial shipping, including the abduction of the crew of an empty passenger ferry and setting it on fire

The captain and a crewmember, both Indonesian, were released after only three days. Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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The emotional and psychological abuse typology that is defined as involving the abuser downplaying the abuse and questioning the victim's perceptions, feelings or sanity is ____________ and ____________

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A farmer buys seed for 15 cents that is used to grow wheat. The farmer sells the wheat to the miller for 30 cents, who makes flour. The flour is sold to the baker for 60 cents and the baker makes bread, which is sold to the grocer for 90 cents

The grocer sells the bread for $1.30. What is the value added for the grocer? A) 15 cents B) 35 cents C) $1.30 D) 40 cents

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In Batson v. Kentucky (1986), the Supreme Court held that the Equal Protection Clause prohibits racially-based ________________ to prospective jurors

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