make an unjust or prejudicial distinction in the treatment of different categories of people or things, especially on the grounds of race, gender, or age.

a court must determine whether a law is rationally related to a legitimate government interest.

when courts review the constitutionality of laws or policies.

the systemic separation of people into racial or other ethnic groups in daily life.

the name of the racial caste system which operated primarily, but not exclusively in southern and border states.

a legal doctrine in United States constitutional law, according to which racial segregation did not necessarily violate the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

the action or process of integrating.

according to rightful entitlement or claim.

in fact, or in effect, whether by right or not.

an American politician and jurist who served as Governor of California and Chief Justice of the United States.

an American jurist best known for his service on the United States Supreme Court and on the Electoral Commission.

an American judge who served as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court.

the practice or policy of favoring individuals belonging to groups known to have been discriminated against previously.

a fixed share of something that a person or group is entitled to receive or is bound to contribute.

the practice or policy of favoring individuals belonging to groups known to have been discriminated against previously.

an American Christian minister and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the Civil Rights Movement.

a retired Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.