Elsie Hill defines equality broadly, to include all manner of equal protections under the law and equal access to opportunities and legally ensconced freedoms. According to Hill, women are not entitled to control over their own earnings and even over their own children. Women are also excluded from serving in public office, even though they are taxpayers. Hill calls for the removal of any and all forms of discrimination. The author proposes the Woman’s Equal Rights Bill, which would create a federal standard for gender equality, thereby precluding the rights of states to perpetuate their own misogynistic laws. Hill also… Continue Reading...
Free exercise clause
1. Why does this clause raise equal protection issues instead of substantive due process concerns?
Equal protection requires that no person may be denied equal protection or be discriminated by any governmental body through its laws. To this effect, all individuals must be treated in the same manner as in the same circumstances and conditions (Blair, 1997). On the other hand, substantive due process seeks to guard a right that might not be expressed elsewhere in the constitution (Fenster, 2014). With this background, it is obvious that the state statute bears more weight as a matter… Continue Reading...
provide an explicit right to marriage, but gay marriage is a fundamental right in the Fourteenth Amendment's equal protection rights (Michaelson, 2015).
Social Security
Social Security is a trust fund that contains monetary reserves for survivors, the elderly, retirees and disability insurance programs (Fox Business, 2016). This trust fund has continued to play a crucial role in promoting the well-being of survivors, the elderly, retirees, and disabled individuals in the American society. However, the trust fund has become a politically controversial topic in the recent past since its funded by payroll taxes on wages. In light of the debates and issues relating to Social Security, it is… Continue Reading...
related to the Equal Protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. This is the “reverse discrimination” argument, and also ties into the unfair treatment argument. The reason for affirmative action is not to discriminate; quite the opposite, affirmative action is activism on behalf of disadvantaged groups. Helping a disadvantaged group is not favoritism and is not unfair when some groups are systematically disadvantaged versus other groups. Kelly and Sharma talk about the ways women and minorities have been systematically discriminated against in ways that are not even embedded in official policies, but in unconscious… Continue Reading...
