In ___________, the Supreme Court struck down a provision of the Idaho Probate Code that required probate judges to prefer males to females in appointing administrators of estates.

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In Reed v. Reed (1971), the Supreme Court declared that any state law that discriminated on the basis of sex was unconstitutional under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. In this specific case, the Court struck down the provision of the Idaho Probate Code that required probate judges to prefer males to females in appointing administrators of estates, establishing a precedent for future cases involving gender discrimination.

In ___________, the Supreme Court Struck Down a Provision of the Idaho