Question

Which landmark case set a legal precedent and addressed the following question?

Is it a denial of the 14th Amendment equal protection clause to try a defendant of a particular race or ethnicity before a jury where all persons of his race or ancestry have, because of that race or ethnicity, been excluded by the state?

Gideon v. Wainwright
Hernandez v. Texas
Engel v. Vitale
Mapp v. Ohio

Answer 1

The landmark case that addressed the question of whether it is a denial of the 14th Amendment equal protection clause to try a defendant of a particular race or ethnicity before a jury where all persons of his race or ancestry have been excluded by the state is **Hernandez v. Texas**. This 1954 Supreme Court case established that Mexican Americans and other racial groups have the right to equal protection under the law, affirming that their exclusion from jury service constituted a violation of the 14th Amendment.