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Facial Neutrality

This trap appears as a wrong-answer choice in 1 active question. Spotting how it is built is the repair: read each example's “why it's attractive” before the “why it's wrong.”

Subject distribution

  • Constitutional Law1

Example wrong choices

  • 19657_good_samaritan_puppet_loft · CONSTITUTIONAL_LAW · Choice ADisparate impact alone always triggers strict scrutiny.

    Why it's attractive

    The word alone makes the trigger too broad.

    Why it's wrong

    The word alone makes the trigger too broad.

  • 19657_good_samaritan_puppet_loft · CONSTITUTIONAL_LAW · Choice BRational basis applies because zoning is local land-use regulation.

    Why it's attractive

    The land-use label is true only before the race-purpose facts are used.

    Why it's wrong

    The land-use label is true only before the race-purpose facts are used.

  • 19657_good_samaritan_puppet_loft · CONSTITUTIONAL_LAW · Choice DThe ordinance is protected from heightened scrutiny because it does not classify by race on its face.

    Why it's attractive

    The answer treats neutral wording as absolute protection even though the stem gives purpose evidence.

    Why it's wrong

    The answer treats neutral wording as absolute protection even though the stem gives purpose evidence.

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