?PAGE ? ?PAGE ?8? seq NL1 \r 0 \h Chapter 6 Outline Introduction Civil rights The rights of people to be treated without unreasonable or unconstitutional differences. SEQ NLI \r 0 \h seq NLA \r 0 \h What are civil rights? SEQ NLA \r 0 \h A seq NL1 \r 0 \h group is denied access to facilities, opportunities, or services available to other groups. seq NL1 \r 0 \h Issue is whether differences in treatment are reasonable. SEQ NL1 \r 0 \h seq NL_a \r 0 \h Some differential treatment is reasonable: for example, progressive taxation. seq NL_a \r 0 \h Some differential treatment is not reasonable: for example, classifications by race or ethnicity (suspect classifications) are subject to especially strict scrutiny.