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)
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There is a high likelihood that the justices ruled in favor of JEB in JEB v. Alabama ex rel. T.B. (1994) due to the violation of the Equal Protection Clause. The prosecutors' use of peremptory challenges to purposefully exclude men from the jury pool based on gender constitutes gender discrimination. This violates the principle of equal protection under the law, which prohibits discrimination based on gender. Therefore, the most likely reason the justices ruled in favor of JEB is to uphold the constitutional principle of equal protection and prevent gender discrimination in jury selection.