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Praxis II Government and Political Science

Category - Constitution & Rights

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In United States v. Virginia (1996), the Supreme Court found that:
  1. Virginia’s laws against sodomy were unconstitutional.
  2. States must hire an equal number of men and women.
  3. Having a "poll tax" was unconstitutional.
  4. State schools could not forbid the admittance women students.
  5. Virginia could not annex the District of Columbia.
Explanation
Answer: D - The Supreme Court declared the male-only admissions policy at the Virginia Military Institute to be unconstitutional. The Court ruled that VMI’s attempt to create a separate but parallel program for women still discriminated against women by not affording them the opportunity to interact with the male students. VMI was the last public university in the country to have gender restrictions on admission.
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