Fall2015 amergovtweek5lecture10part2cr equality
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This document outlines the key points from Week 5 Lecture 10 on civil rights and equality part 2. It discusses civil rights for women and gender equality, including the women's rights movement and laws prohibiting gender-based discrimination. It also covers civil rights for other groups such as those relating to sexual orientation, age, disability, and citizenship. Finally, it examines the legal classifications of political equality, including suspect classifications that are subject to strict scrutiny versus those subject to rational basis review.
Fall2015 amergovtweek5lecture10part2cr equality
- 1. WEEK #5 LECTURE #10 CIVIL RIGHTS & EQUALITY PART 2 AMERICAN GOVERNMENT PROFESSOR SHASTRI FALL 2015
- 2. OUTLINE CIVIL RIGHTS & EQUALITY #2 PART 2A) CIVIL RIGHTS FOR WOMEN & GENDER EQUALITY PART 2B) CIVIL RIGHTS & EQUALITY FOR OTHER GROUPS PART2C) LEGAL CLASSIFICATIONS ON POLITICAL EQUALITY PART 2D) CONCLUDING THOUGHTS
- 3. PART 2A) CIVIL RIGHTS FOR WOMEN & GENDER EQUALITY
- 4. EARLY 19TH CENTURY DISCRIMINATION WHEN A WOMAN GOT MARRIED, OWN IDENTITY IS GONE • NO LEGAL RIGHTS • NO RIGHT TO VOTE UNMARRIED WOMEN • DOMESTIC SERVICE, NURSING, PRIMARY EDUCATION • PENALIZED IF ATTEMPT TO BREAK OCCUPATIONAL BARRIERS
- 5. WOMEN’S RIGHTS MOVEMENT OFFICIALLY STARTED IN SENECA FALLS, NY • JOIN ANTI-SLAVERY MOVEMENT, BUT 14TH AMEND “MALE” • COMPETE WITH ANTI-SLAVERY MOVEMENT • NATIONAL WSA BROAD VIEW, FAVORED FEDERAL SUFFRAGE AMENDMENT • AMERICAN WSA MORE PRACTICAL, CHANGE STATE ELECTORAL LAWS
- 6. GENDER-BASED DISCRIMINATION LAWS • 19TH AMENDMENT 1920 • EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT • TITLE VII OF CRA 1964 INCLUDE GENDER • PAY EQUITY • SEXUAL HARRASSMENT (PG. 215)
- 7. WOMEN & PUBLIC OFFICE • WOMEN USED TO BE UNDERREPRESENTED & OUTFUNDED • DIFFERENT RESULTS: TYPE OF OFFICE, TYPE OF ISSUE • WOMEN’S LOBBY & EMILY’S LIST • LAWLESS & COX “IT TAKES A CANDIDATE” • 2008 DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY • 2016 HILLARY DEMS; FIORINA REPUBLICANS
- 8. PART 2B) CIVIL RIGHTS & EQUALITY FOR OTHER GROUPS
- 9. SEXUAL ORIENTATION #1 • 3 TYPES OF OVERT DISCRIMINATION • SUBTLE DISCRIMINATION • HIDDEN IDENTITY ADVANTAGE COURTS: • STARTED ANTI, BOWERS, DISSENTION PRIVACY • LATER PRO, LAWRENCE & MA: COURT & PERFORMING CEREMONIES
- 10. SEXUAL ORIENTATION #2 PUBLIC OPINION: • USE TO BE STRONGLY AGAINST (VOTES ON REFERENDUMS & INITIATIVES TO BAN SAME-SEX MARRIAGES) • BUT OPINION HAS CHANGED ON SAME-SEX MARRIAGES & EVEN ON ADOPTION • MAJOR AGE DIVISION; WHAT ABOUT RACE/ETHNICITY? ELECTIONS • PARTISAN TILT, BUT ALSO “I” & LOG CABIN
- 11. SEXUAL ORIENTATION #3 ELECTIONS (CONT’D): • HRC • PRESIDENTS CLINTON, G.W. BUSH & OBAMA • EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION ALL STATES WHERE LGBT MAXIMUM RIGHTS, STRONGLY DEMOCRATIC NATIONALLY “BLUE WALL”
- 12. OTHER GROUPS #1 AGE: • YOUNG PEOPLE OFTEN DON’T HAVE FULL RIGHTS: NO LAWS OF ADULT JUSTICE ON CRIMES; DON’T VOTE • OLD PEOPLE OFTEN FACE DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT; CONGRESS SYMPATHETIC DISABILITY: • LAWS PROTECT THEM, BUT CIRCUMSTANCES DON’T • 1990 ADA: RIGHTS GAINED
- 13. OTHER GROUPS #2 • SCOTUS LIMITED THE ACT IN 2001 • 11TH AMENDMENT ISSUES (STATE SUITS) CITIZENSHIP: • CITIZENS & NON-CITIZENS SAME RIGHTS, EXCEPT VOTING • OFTEN PUBLIC BACKLASH • COURTS ARE GENERALLY SYMPATHETIC
- 14. PART 2C) LEGAL CLASSIFICATIONS ON POLITICAL EQUALITY
- 15. POLITICAL EQUALITY’S LEGAL CLASSIFICATIONS • SUSPECT CLASSIFCATION (PG. 182) 3 CLASSIFICATION LEVELS • STRICT SCRUTINY (PG. 182); EXAMPLE GROUP: RACE • INTERMEDIATE STANDARD OF REVIEW (PG. 182) EX: GENDER • MINIMUM RATIONALITY TEST (PG. 182) EX GR: AGE, $$, SEXUAL ORIENTATION
- 17. AIN’T NOBODY GOT THE TIME FOR THAT…..NOT TODAY
- 18. IT’S TIME FOR THE EXAM #1 REVIEW
- 19. OR AS CHAPPELLE’S SHOW STATES IN THE INTRO,…
- 20. “LETS START THE SHOW” HARMONICA NOISE