strict scrutiny

strict scrutiny. Constitutional law. The standard applied to suspect classifications (such as race) in equal-protection analysis and to fundamental rights (such as voting rights) in due-process analysis. • Under strict scrutiny, the state must establish that it has a compelling interest that justifies and necessitates the law in question. See COMPELLING-STATE-INTEREST TEST T; SUSPECT CLASSIFICATION; FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT. Cf. INTERMEDIATE SCRUTINY ; RATIONAL-BASIS TEST. [Cases: Constitutional Law 213.1(1), 252.

5. C.J.S. Constitutional Law §§ 714–715, 718, 953, 966–967, 980.]

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