POLISCI 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Commerce Clause, Due Process, Grutter V. Bollinger
2 Oct 2014
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Controversies: bakke v. university of california (no quotas, grutter v. bollinger (no point system, woman admitted to virginia military institute, disabilities: golfer casey martin using cart, boy scouts and gay troop leaders, title ix (equal funds for m&w sports) Illegal discrimination: no different ages for adulthood by states, no different ages for buying beer, women can"t be barred from jobs by arbitrary weight and height requirements, employers can"t require women to take mandatory pregnancy leaves, girls cannot be barred from little league, allowable differences in laws. Black white relations: defines problem of equality in us, congress bans slave trade 1808 (after 20 years as specified in constitution, missouri compromise 1820; mobilizes both sides, abolitionists, uncle tom"s cabin (1852, dred scott v. sanford (1857, civil war amendments, continued denial of rights after reconstruction, denying voting rights, poll taxes ( in georgia to vote, literacy tests and minimum education requirements, grandfather clauses, arbitrary bureaucratic obstacles, intimidation, violence.
