A mayor serving in a major metropolitan area receives an internal memorandum indicating personnel at many police stations are single-race.At the time of the report,thirty percent of the police force was black or Hispanic.She immediately calls a press conference and orders transfer of police officers to achieve racial balance across the city.The transferred police offers sue on constitutional grounds.Assuming just these facts,what is the strongest argument that might be advanced by the transferred officers based on constitutional grounds?

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The strongest argument that might be advanced by the transferred officers based on constitutional grounds is that the mayor's policy used race as the basis for transfers, and assignments are subject to strict scrutiny. This means that the policy must serve a compelling government interest and be narrowly tailored to achieve that interest. The use of race as a basis for transfers may be viewed as discriminatory unless there is a strong rationale for the policy, and the government can prove that the policy serves a compelling interest.

A Mayor Serving in a Major Metropolitan Area Receives an Internal