Question

The Supreme Court case of JEB v. Alabama ex rel. T.B. involved a child support dispute in which prosecutors used peremptory challenges to reject most of the men in the jury pool. Analyze the case of JEB v. Alabama ex rel. T.B. (1994). Which of the following is the most likely reason the justices ruled as they did?(1 point)
Responses

The attorneys used secret trial proceedings.
The attorneys used secret trial proceedings.

Peremptory challenges on the basis of gender were a violation of the Sixth Amendment.
Peremptory challenges on the basis of gender were a violation of the Sixth Amendment.

The attorneys used the Confrontation Clause.
The attorneys used the Confrontation Clause.

Peremptory challenges on the basis of race were a violation of the Sixth Amendment.
Peremptory challenges on the basis of race were a violation of the Sixth Amendment.
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Answer 1

Peremptory challenges on the basis of gender were a violation of the Sixth Amendment.

Explanation/correction: The Court ruled that using peremptory strikes to exclude jurors solely because of their sex was unconstitutional—extending Batson v. Kentucky to prohibit gender-based strikes. The constitutional basis is the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment (not the Sixth Amendment).