Constitutional Law - Levels of Scrutiny

Join Maude and Claude on the Study for the Bar in Your Car podcast for a vital episode on Constitutional Law – Levels of Scrutiny! This episode is your essential roadmap to understanding how courts evaluate government actions that impact your rights.

Learn the three main tiers of judicial review and how they dictate the scrutiny applied to challenged laws:

• Rational Basis Review (or Minimal Scrutiny): The easiest test for the government to pass. A law is presumed constitutional and upheld if it's rationally related to any conceivable legitimate government interest. The burden is on the challenger to prove otherwise. This applies to most economic and social welfare regulations, as well as classifications based on age, wealth, or disability. Crucially, abort ...