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

a The attorneys used secret trial proceedings.

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

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

d The attorneys used the Confrontation Clause.

Answer 1

[AI-generated answer — Bot GPT 3.5]

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

In the case of JEB v. Alabama ex rel. T.B., the Supreme Court ruled that peremptory challenges based on gender were unconstitutional. This ruling was based on the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of gender. The justices likely ruled as they did in order to uphold the principle of equal protection under the law and ensure a fair and impartial jury selection process.