Laws subject to the rational relation test may be struck down in some situations. When could this happen?

City adopted an ordinance which allows news reporters from radio media to broadcast live news or “stand-up” reports from the steps of City hall but forbids television or video reporters to make such broadcasts from the steps of city hall. In passing the ordinance the City council expressed concern for the safety of council-members whose likenesses may be sent over the air to televisions and viewed by members of the public who may disagree with City council’s actions and result in threats or acts of violence against council members.  The ordinance is most likely:

Faced with mounting evidence of voter fraud in the State of Calneva, the state’s legislature has passed a law requiring presentation of a picture ID before casting a vote in an election. The acceptable picture IDs under the law must be procured at any Calneva location at which state employees are on duty.  The law will be valid if:

City’s ordinances make City’s building inspector responsible for enforcing building code standards and authorizes the inspector to refer for prosecution all known building code violations. The inspector took a newspaper reporter through a number of rundown buildings in a slum neighborhood. After using various slurs to describe the occupants of the buildings, the inspector said to the reporter: “I don’t even try to get these buildings up to code or to get their owners prosecuted because if these buildings ever were repaired, the people who live in them would just wreck them again.” The reporter published the inspector’s statement in a story in the local newspaper. The inspector admitted he made the statements. On the basis of the statements and on the authority of another ordinance that allows the inspector to be fired for “good cause,” City’s council discharged the inspector. Is the City council’s action constitutional?

Ames City is a racially diverse city in the State of Ames. Recently, the new superintendent of the Ames City School District announced a hiring initiative aimed at filling the ranks of Ames City teachers, which had been depleted by recent retirements. The superintendent announces that she expects that the new cadre of teachers will “look like Ames City,” will furnish role models for Ames City’s students and will be diverse enough to serve the needs of minority students in the Ames City school district. To that end, she announces a goal of 30 percent minority teachers in the new round of hiring. Which of the following would be most helpful in defending the constitutionality of the superintendent’s initiative?

The State of Factoria has a statute requiring that all police officers take an oral test to ensure that they can communicate adequately in English. Although the test appears racially neutral, a disproportionate percentage of African Americans fail it. The test is administered fairly, and the legislature did not intend to discriminate. Will the test be subject to strict scrutiny?

To reduce incidents of violence among male gang members at a youth center, a city passed an ordinance forbidding any male between the ages of 13 and 19 to enter the center unless accompanied by a female.An 18-year-old male who was refused admission at the center because he was not escorted by a female filed suit in federal court to strike down the ordinance as unconstitutional.Should the court find the city ordinance constitutional?

According to the article, “10 States with the Best and Worst Healthcare,” where does Texas rank?

Which of the following statements of constitutional jurisprudence is correct?

A state was suffering from a near-depression caused by layoffs in the tourist service industry. In an attempt to alleviate the problem, the state enacted a statute providing for the immediate hiring of 100,000 employees to repair, maintain, and otherwise work at the discretion of the state director of highways. The statute further stated that preference would be given to persons who had worked in the tourist service industry for five years and had been laid off. Which of the following constitutional provisions would be most relevant in determining the constitutionality of the preference for tourist service industry workers?