When a State Government Adopts an Affirmative Action Plan That

When a state government adopts an affirmative action plan that is challenged as constituting illegal reverse discrimination,the plan is subject to:

A) a rational basis test under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
B) strict scrutiny under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
C) Due Process Clause scrutiny.
D) a disparate treatment test under the Civil Rights Act.