POSC150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Equal Opportunity, Patient Protection And Affordable Care Act, Status Quo Bias
1 Jul 2016
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Supreme court rulings on lgbt rights (constitutional framework: obergefell vs. hodges (2015) No state can deprive any person of life liberty, or property without due process of law: state- all about how states can treat their citizens. Liberties protected by the 14th amendment due process clause: including intimate choices defining personal identity and beliefs. The marriage laws at issue are in essence unequal: civil rights act. Protects people on the base of religion, color, sex, etc. , in various settings. Title 9- any education program that receives money from the government cannot discriminate based on religion, sex, color, etc. Legislative status quo bias (government institutions: civil rights act for lgbt (equality act)-job discrimination. Extends civil rights act to include lgbt community. Introduced in congress repeatedly for over 30 years: presidential executive orders. You can"t discriminate people based on sexual orientation (among other things: bureaucratic action.
