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Which U.S. Supreme Court decision held that the use of preemptory challenges to exclude jurors based on race is a violation of the Constitution?
a. Batson v. Kentucky
b. Lockhart v. McCree
c. Powers v. Ohio
d. J.E.B. v. Alabama

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a. Batson v. Kentucky — The 1986 Supreme Court decision that held using peremptory challenges to exclude jurors solely on the basis of race violates the Equal Protection Clause (establishing the Batson three-step test).