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|subject=Constitutional Law | |subject=Constitutional Law | ||
|appealed_from=U.S. Court of Appeals, 4th Circuit | |appealed_from=U.S. Court of Appeals, 4th Circuit | ||
|case_treatment=No | |||
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|facts=The Virginia Military Institute (VMI) had a male-only admission policy. | |facts=The Virginia Military Institute (VMI) had a male-only admission policy. | ||
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|issues=Can VMI restrict the gender of students? | |issues=Can VMI restrict the gender of students? | ||
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|holding=No. | |holding=No. | ||
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|reasons=Because VMI failed to show "exceedingly persuasive justification" for its sex-based admissions policy, it violated the Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection Clause. | |reasons=Because VMI failed to show "exceedingly persuasive justification" for its sex-based admissions policy, it violated the Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection Clause. | ||
|rule=Gender-based government action must be supported by "exceedingly persuasive justification." | |rule=Gender-based government action must be supported by "exceedingly persuasive justification." | ||
|comments= | |comments= | ||
|case_text_links={{Infobox Case Brief/Case Text Link | |case_text_links={{Infobox Case Brief/Case Text Link | ||
|link=https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/518/515/ | |link=https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/518/515/ | ||
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|opinion_type=concurrence | |opinion_type=concurrence | ||
|written_by=William H. Rehnquist | |written_by=William H. Rehnquist | ||
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|opinion_type=dissent | |opinion_type=dissent | ||
|written_by=Antonin Scalia | |written_by=Antonin Scalia | ||
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}} | }} | ||
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