| 1. Setting a minimum age for purchasing cigarettes. | LEGAL ILLEGAL |
| 2. Not letting girls play on the high school varsity football team. | LEGAL ILLEGAL |
| 3. Forbidding smoking in public buildings and areas. | LEGAL ILLEGAL |
| 4. Prohibiting women in the armed services from serving in combat. | LEGAL ILLEGAL |
| 5. Establishing public elementary school classrooms that enroll only African-American boys. No others are permitted. | LEGAL ILLEGAL |
| 6. Requiring nonresidents to pay higher tuition at state universities than residents of the state. | LEGAL ILLEGAL |
| 7. Maintaining separate courts for young people and adults. | LEGAL ILLEGAL |
| 8. Barring children with AIDS from attending the public schools. | LEGAL ILLEGAL |
9. Hiring only teachers who are Republicans to teach in the
local school district. | LEGAL ILLEGAL |
| 10. Specifying that at least 25% of all city construction contracts be awarded to minority-owned and minority-run businesses. | LEGAL ILLEGAL |
| 11. Not letting girls become boy scouts. | LEGAL ILLEGAL |
12. Letting people who own houses pay less taxes than people
who do not own houses. | LEGAL ILLEGAL |
Instructions: Each of the following situations involves a rule or law requiring one group of people to be treated differently than another group. For each situation, circle "LEGAL" if you believe it is legally permitted or "ILLEGAL" if you believe the situation is not legally permitted. Be prepared to explain the reasons for your decisions.