CRM/LAW C10 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Civil Rights Act Of 1964, Suspect Classification, Equal Protection Clause
23 Feb 2018
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Draft special statutes, laws, federal laws, or state laws that address inequality. Using the existing constitution to seek gender equality. Use of laws already on the books. Attempted but resisted -> separate spheres jurisprudence. Answer: men and women should be treated the same in law. Answer: there is not equal rights amendment. 139 other nations in the world have sex equality specifically written into. Us is 1 of 7 who didn"t sign cedaw in the un (signed by all democracies + beyond) Us is behind the times in terms of providing specific term for gender discrimination in language of the law. Most states were on board to ratify but congress needed to have 2/3 agree in both houses. Timeline for ratification expired -> congress has not revitalized movement since. Similar positions, should be treated the same. Asserts that the law should not treat a woman differently that a similarly situated man.
