Astate legislature enacted a statute that required any motorcycle operator or passenger on the state’s highways to wear a - protective helmet. jim alderman, a licensed motorcycle operator, sued the state to block enforcement of the law. alder man asserted that the statute violated the equal protection clause because it placed requirements on motorcyclists that were not imposed on other motorists. using the information presented in the chapter, answer the following questions. 1.why does this statute raise equal protection issues instead of substantive due process concerns? 2.what are the three levels of scrutiny that the courts use in determining whether a law violates the equal protection clause? 3. which standard of scrutiny, or test, would apply to this situation? why? 4.applying this standard, is the helmet statute constitutional? why or why not?