Can't exclude jurors based on race.

Can't exclude jurors based on race.

• A. Hernandez v Texas
• B. Brown v Board of Education
• C. Mendez v Westminster
• D. Scopes Monkey Trial

Answer: (A)

This question is about equal protection in jury selection. It shows how the law prohibits excluding people from serving on juries because of their race or ethnicity. In Hernandez v. Texas, the Supreme Court ruled that Mexican Americans are protected by the Fourteenth Amendment, and a state cannot deny an individual the right to serve on a jury simply because of his or her race. The decision emphasized that juries must be drawn from a representative cross-section of the community, so excluding an entire racial or ethnic group from jury service violates equal protection. The other options address different civil rights issues: Brown v. Board of Education dealt with school segregation, Mendez v. Westminster involved segregation in schools but not juries, and the Scopes Trial focused on teaching evolution. None of those cases established the principle about not excluding jurors based on race in the way Hernandez v. Texas does.

This question is about equal protection in jury selection. It shows how the law prohibits excluding people from serving on juries because of their race or ethnicity. In Hernandez v. Texas, the Supreme Court ruled that Mexican Americans are protected by the Fourteenth Amendment, and a state cannot deny an individual the right to serve on a jury simply because of his or her race. The decision emphasized that juries must be drawn from a representative cross-section of the community, so excluding an entire racial or ethnic group from jury service violates equal protection.

The other options address different civil rights issues: Brown v. Board of Education dealt with school segregation, Mendez v. Westminster involved segregation in schools but not juries, and the Scopes Trial focused on teaching evolution. None of those cases established the principle about not excluding jurors based on race in the way Hernandez v. Texas does.