POL 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Civil Rights Act Of 1964, Equal Protection Clause
28 Sep 2016
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What is it: laws treat citizens equally no specific rights , where, 14th amendment: equal protection clause: no specific rights are protected. Treatment should be equal: some laws are reasonable. Supreme court ruled it is constitutional since this law isn"t hurting anyone. Separate but equal : 1954 - brown v board of ed: there are white and black public high schools. Linda wants to go to a white high school because it is much closer. Court said that student"s education is being hurt. Separate is inherently unequal (creating a distinction is unequal: gov"t ability to regulate private actions, 1964 civil rights act: promote equality any business that has more than 15 people is considered interstate commerce. Government is able to take you to court if there is employment discrimination: affirmative action: very few monitories getting degrees. Is this legal: u. c regents vs bakke: legal in some restricted ways.
